LUCKNOW, May 22 -- The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, prominent Muslim organisation, has raised objections over the state government's recent action involving bulldozers at madrasas located along the Indo-Nepal border, calling it a violation of constitutional rights.

At a meeting held in Lucknow on Thursday, attended by state president Maulana Syed Asad Rashidi and other officials, the organisation discussed issues concerning the security and functioning of madrasas, and mosques, particularly in border districts. The participants expressed concern over what they described as targeted measures against religious institutions.

"This is direct interference in the constitutional rights granted to us," Maulana Rashidi said, re...