India, April 15 -- The Congress on Tuesday criticised the Uttarakhand government for going on an overdrive to shut down unregistered madrasas in the state, accusing the state government of targeting a particular community, prompting the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to attack the opposition for minority appeasement.

"It is clearly targeting a particular community. They (government) have been indulging in the politics of polarisation," Uttarakhand Congress vice president Suryakant Dhasmana said on Tuesday, reacting to the state government releasing its status report on the action against madrasa in the state.

On Sunday, the Uttarakhand government declared in a statement that district authorities across the state had sealed over 170...