New Delhi: A 12-member delegation of Muslim MPs today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with a demand for immediate implementation of the Ranganath Mishra Commission report on religious and linguistic minorities.
The Parliamentarians, led by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K Rahman Khan, handed over a list of 14 demands which ranged from initiating Haj reforms, reservation to Muslims, recognition of Islamic banking system and setting up a of separate Parliamentary Committee on minority affairs.
"The Prime Minister heard and discussed various issues and assured to look at possible steps that can be taken," Minister of State for Railways E Ahamed, who was part of the
delegation, said.
Besides Khan and Ahamed, members of the delegation comprised Mohsina Kidwai, Asaduddin Owaisi, Tariq Anwar, Maulana Mahmood Madani, Ejaz Ali, Ahmad Mazihabadi, Mohammad Shafi, Sabir Ali, Mohammad Adeed and Shafiqur Rahman Barq.
The members also highlighted the problems faced by the minority institutions which face difficulties in getting the required sanctions and recognitions.
The regulatory mechanism for educational institutions should be simplified and the government should see that the recognition procedures to the institutions, particularly to
the Muslim educational institutions are simplified, the leaders said.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 18:45