By Ayesha Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Mau, UP: “Without reservation in government jobs and educational institutions the development of Muslim community is not possible. Unless the Muslims are given equal opportunity in every walk of life the Muslim community will remain backward,” said Dr. Shakeel Samdani, president of Sir Syed Awareness Forum and a senior law faculty of the Aligarh Muslim University.
Dr Samdani was the Chief Guest in ‘Talent Spotter Award Function’ organized by Superior Group of Institution at Sir Iqbal Public School, Mau in UP. Superior Group of Institutions had organized a competition for Science and general knowledge for the first time in this small town in which about 1500 students participated. About 100 students were given attractive prizes by the organizers.
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Dr. Shakeel Samdani speaking at the function.
The first prize was secured by Nadeem Akhtar ( Shibli National College ), second prize by Mohd Nasir ( Talimuddin Inter College )and the third prize was bagged by Shahid Kamal ( Talimuddin Inter College ). They got computer, micromax mobile and water filter respectively. President of Superior Group, Miss Rizwana, manager, Rashid Jamal and deputy manager, Imran Asad said that there is no dearth of talent in Mau and we have to find them. Mr. Owais Tarafdar and Mr Bharatlal Rahhi also spoke on this occasion. The function was presided by Mr. Sarvesh Dubey, Principle A.L Nomani College.
Dr Samdani said that in 50% open quota the Muslims are getting about 3% jobs, had it been 100% they would have secured 6%. Since this is not possible in independent India, the only possible way to enhance the Muslim ratio in jobs and admissions is to extend the benefit of reservation to them. They may be given reservation under Article 16 clause (4) or their separate quota being fixed in OBC category of 27%.
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Regarding Urdu language, he said that India is the birth place of Urdu and this language flourished in British India. After independence Urdu was denied its due share and importance due to government apathy and discrimination. The biggest loss to the entire nation is that the people of India are unable to pronounce certain words correctly. This is a national loss which can be rectified only by teaching Urdu in schools and colleges.He expressed his unhappiness on non implementation of election promises by the Samajwadi government in UP.
Dr. Samdani also appealed to the students to work hard to come at par with their Hindu brethren and equip themselves with modern state of the art techniques and infrastructure as it is the only way to achieve success. He expressed his happiness that the students of a small city like Mau are organizing such wonderful and excellent programs.
Samajwadi Party leader, Altaf Ansari said that to brighten the future we will have to make arrangement for that. Struggle is mandatory and without struggle progress is not possible. He promised that the issues raised by Prof. Samdani will be communicated to the Chief Minister and top functionaries of the government.
Manager of Sir Iqbal Public School Uzair Girhast, while addressing the participants said that the target should be fixed and then effort should be made to achieve that. Non Muslims have progressed too much and the Muslims are far behind. The competition is very tough and for that hard work is must. He also emphasized for female education. He advised the parents to devote their time and energy for the future of their children.
The function was conducted by Asif Iqbal, Vakil Ahmad and Rashid Jamal collectively. Mohd Haris, Shafiq ur Rahman, Shahbaz Alam, Zeba Tasneem and Shamshul Haq played an important role in organizing this program.
Later on the convener of ‘Urdu Padhao Tahkeeq’ (Teach Urdu Movement) Mr. Ozair Girhast organized a meeting with Dr. Shakeel Samdani and discussed ways and means to teach Urdu language to the new generation.