P.R. No. 405 Date:26.07.2014 Text of the D.O. letter dated 26.7.2014 addressed by Selvi J Jayalalithaa, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu to Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India is reproduced below: “The Tamil Nadu State Hajj Committee has received 13,159 applications from pilgrims for Hajj 2014. Based on the Muslim population, Hajj Committee of India, Mumbai, has allotted a quota of 2672 seats only to the State for Hajj 2014. As per the guidelines for Hajj 2014, out of the quota of 2672 seats, 1180 seats have been utilized for reserved category pilgrims and 1492 pilgrims have been selected under the general category. Subsequently, only 100 more seats have been allotted by the Hajj Committee of India leaving a large number of disappointed applicants. I would also like to inform you that, during the earlier years, the Government of India had released additional seats over and above the quota which enabled more number of pilgrims from Tamil Nadu to perform Hajj. Last year, 3696 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu performed Hajj. There is a great expectation among the pilgrims who have applied for Hajj 2014 and are anxiously awaiting confirmation of their pilgrimage. I therefore request your kind intervention for enhancement of the Hajj quota for Tamil Nadu taking into account the huge number of applications received for Hajj 2014. The Ministry of external Affairs, Government of India, may be advised to release an additional quota for Tamil Nadu, so that a greater number of pilgrims are enabled to perform Hajj during 2014.” ******* Issued by: Director of Information and Public Relations, Chennai-9. Date: 26.7.2014
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:22:14 +0000
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