Bhopal, December 20: (Pervez Bari) The Millat Bedari Muhim Committee, (MBMC), Aligarh, in a meeting held at Aligarh on Saturday has whole-heartedly welcomed the presentation of the Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission Report by the UPA Government on the last day of the current session of the Lok Sabha.
According to a Press release of MBMC the office-bearers of the committee while welcoming the recommendations of the Commission expressed the view that 10 per cent reservation exclusively for the Muslims would go a long way in ameliorating their social, economic and educational status.
THE MBMC demanded the revocation of the Presidential Order of 1950-1951 which discriminates the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes on the basis of religion by denying the benefit to the Christians, Parsis and Muslims as many castes like “gadaas”, “qabar-khodu”, “saify”, “teliya” etc. belonging to the Muslim community should also be entitled to avail the benefits of the reservation under SC/ST category.
The meeting called upon the Union Government to expedite the implementation of the report as the report was submitted to the government as early as 2007 which deserves immediate attention of the government.
The meeting was presided over by its patron and former Hony. Secretary of AMU Teachers’ Association Dr. Mohammad Shahid. The meeting was attended among others by the President Jasim Mohammad, Secretary Jamal Ansari, Nadeem Khan, Mohammad Farooq Khan, Shahzad Alam etc. (pervezbari@eth.net)