 It began as a protest group after two youths from Azamgarh were killed in the Batla House near the area of Jamia Nagar, New Delhi.It was the initiative of Maulana Aamir Rashadi Madni and Maulana Tahir Madni, calling a meeting of religious clerics in Uttar Pradesh, in particular regions of Azamgarh and nearby areas on 4 October 2008.The Ulama Council booked a train on 29 January 2009 and took thousands of citizens from Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Faizabad, Lucknow, Aligarh, Bijnour, Delhi to protest against the central government and asked for a judicial probe of the encounter.