Dy CM meets Najma Heptullah over Haj quota
Hyderabad, April 5 (INN): Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali called on Union Minister for Minority Affairs Dr. Najma Heptullah seeking increase in quota of Haj pilgrims for Telangana State.
Accompanied with Special Advisor to Telangana Government Dr. Venugopala Chary, Mahmood Ali apprised the Union Minister with regard to the Haj pilgrims' quota. He said Telangana State has a Muslim population of nearly 44 lakh. As many as 17,291 applications were received for Haj 2016 and of them, only 2,532 could be selected as per the Haj quota for the state. Therefore, he stressed the need to increase the State quota considerably in line with the percentage of Muslim population of the state.
Mahmood Ali also apprised the Union Minister about the status of implementation of various welfare schemes in the State.
Dr. Najma Heptullah assured the Deputy CM that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pursuing the issue with the Saudi Government to increase the quota for entire country. She expressed optimism in getting positive response from the Saudi government very soon. She also praised the Telangana Government for successfully implementing Central schemes in the State.
The Union Minister also said that very soon the Centre, in collaboration with the State minorities' welfare department, would conduct exclusive workshops for encouraging new generation artisans of the dying arts of Telangana state like Bidri Art, Nirmal Paintings and bangle making in Hyderabad.
News Posted: 5 April, 2016
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