#Forum_demands_reservations for Muslims. AURANGABAD: State unit of the Muslim Reservation Front (MRF), comprising Muslim leaders from across party lines, on Friday staged demonstrations in front of the divisional commissionerate here to demand reservations for Muslims according to their population proportion. The agitators threatened that if their demands are not met they would resort to mass agitation across the country. MRF president Ajmal Khan citing the recommendations made by the Justice Rangnath Misra Commission and Sachchar Committee demanded that the reservation be given to Muslims in education, employment as well as legislature. Khan said, The commission had recommended giving 10% reservation to Muslims in jobs and education sector. Though the commission was set up by the first UPA government, the recommendations are yet to be implemented. It is the need of the hour to uplift Muslims. He also said that due to poor social and economic policies of the state, Muslims are lagging behind on various fronts. MRF general secretary Mujahed Khan said, The committees and commissions formed by the government have found that the status of Indian Muslims is below the conditions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. In their reports they have also mentioned that the overall percentage of Muslims in bureaucracy in India is just 2.5% whereas Muslims constitute above 14% of Indian population. Making a representation to the Aurangabad divisional commissioner, MRF demanded that the government should implement the recommendations immediately.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 04:10:36 +0000
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