By TCN News,
Aligarh: “Sachar Committee appointed by the Congress led UPA government had recommended constitution of Equal Opportunities Commission but the UPA government failed to constitute it despite ending its tenure,” said Jasim Mohammad, Secretary General of Forum for Muslim Studies & Analysis (FMSA) Aligarh at Muzammil Manzil Aligarh while chairing monthly politics review meeting.
He pointed out that in many western countries such commissions are effectively functioning and has powers to investigate and prosecute the guilty officers for discrimination. He said that if the UPA government is really serious about welfare and progress of Muslims, it should constitute the said commission without further delay.
Chairman of the forum, Dr. Mohammad Shahid said, “the UPA government had identified Muslim concentrated districts but the Muslims failed to receive any benefit of the schemes launched there because government did not put into action any effective mechanism to monitor them. He demanded that the districts having 15 percent Muslim population should be declared preferential districts and the schemes meant for minorities should be extended there also.”
Prof. Shahabuddin Iraqi said that the issue of 4.5 percent reservation of Muslims within 27 percent backward reservation is pending before the Supreme Court which must be decided. Social Activist Nikhat Parveen said that Indian Muslims are not lagging behind only educationally and economically but also politically as most of Muslims concentrated constituencies have been reserved. They must be unreserved to increase Muslim participation in decision making bodies. N Jamal Ansari said that’s the issue of security of Muslim youths is very vital and the UPA government should ensure their safety for uniform progress.
Dr. Fatima Zehra said this we have still faith in UPA government but it should be servious enough on the problems of the Muslims. Mohsin raza Khan said that according to the Union Minister for Minority welfare Shri K. Rehman, Muslim waqf properties may generate income of 10,000 crore but the sad fact is that different state governments and even central government itself have illegal possession of these properties which should be freed.
In the end of the meeting, FMSA passed a resolution demanding that UPA government must implement recommendations of Sachar Committee fully. In another resolution, it demanded constitution of Equal opportunities Commission and incorporation of suggestions of the Muslim organization into proposed Waqf Bill.
Forum for Muslim Studies & Analysis, Aligarh is an intellectual Board which studies the problems of the Indian Muslims with research methodology and present solution and corrective step after debating and deeply thinking over them. Not only the intellectuals but educationists, policy makers, law experts and experts of other relevant subjects are closely associated with FMSA, Aligarh.