الهند: التأكيد على منح المزيد من الفرص لأبناء المسلمين

في إطار جهوده المبذولة للتودد للمسلمين في أعقاب الانتخابات البرلمانية بـ"الهند"، أكد "بودهاديب بهاتاشرجي" - حاكم ولاية البنغال الغربية - أن منح المسلمين فرصًا متكافئة أسوة بغيرهم يأتي على رأس أولويات حكومته.

وأكد أن المجتمع لا يمكنه التقدم إذا ما ظلت إحدى شرائحه رهينة التأخر عن الركب الاجتماعي العام، مشيرًا إلى أن الأقلية المسلمة في ولايته ليست في حاجة فقط للتعليم، ولكن في حاجة ماسّة لتعليم جيد.

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Muslim children should have equal opportunity: Buddhadeb

In an effort to woo Muslim voters ahead of Assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday said that it had been his government's priority to provide equal opportunities to Muslims.

Much before Sachar Committee, the government was aware of the necessity to give equal opportunity to Muslims and that is why provision was made for reservation, the chief minister said speaking at a programme to hand over land to Al-Amin Mission at Rajarhat in the outskirts of the city.

''It has been the intention of the government to open up equal opportunity for Muslim children. Sachar committee report didn't open our eyes. We knew it much before and therefore we provided for reservation so as to give more opportunity to Muslim children,'' Bhatacharjee said.

Society cannot progress if a part of society is left behind and so backward classes and Muslims had to be taken together if comprehensive development of the state was desired, Bhattacharjee said.

Not only the Muslims need to be educated, but they need to be imparted quality education as well and with that end in view he had requested the Al-Amin authority to create a centre-for-excellence on the donated land, he said.

He praised Al-Amin's contribution to the educational development of Muslim community in general.