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Ambitious plans for Muslims ahead of Tripura polls
Wednesday February 29, 2012 08:09:44 PM,
IANS
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Agartala: Ahead of the
next year's assembly polls, the Left Front government has
undertaken a "welfare package" for the benefit of the minority
Muslims in Tripura, a minister said here Thursday.
"A new scheme, 'Begum Rokeya Merit Award', for girl students
belonging to minority community would be introduced. A gold medal
and Rs.5,000 would be given to those Muslim girls who perform well
in the Madhyamik and higher secondary examinations," Tripura
Finance Minister Badal Chowdhury told reporters.
In the past few years, stipends, scholarships and other
educational facilities were provided to 26,149 Muslim students.
Special training and incentives were also given to several hundred
Muslim youths who have been pursuing higher and technical studies,
the minister said.
"The state government has already undertaken a massive plan for
infrastructure development in 72-minority Muslim dominated areas
with a minority population of 30-percent or more," the minister,
who presented the budget in the assembly Tuesday said.
Under the ambitious plan, new roads would be developed, drinking
water, irrigation, education, housing, electrical, health
facilities would be created.
Chowdhury is also a member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist
(CPI-M) central committee, demanded suitable amendment of the
Indian constitutions to provide reservations to Muslims in
government jobs and education.
He also urged the central government to execute the Ranganath
Misra Commission and Sachar Committee proposals for religious
minorities.
The Ranganath Misra Commission headed by former Chief Justice of
India Justice Ranganath Misra, had submitted its report to the
government on May 21, 2007 recommending 10 percent quota for
Muslims and 5 percent for other minorities in government jobs.
Tripura will go to the assembly polls in February next year.
Political circles opined that the Left Front government has
undertaken the welfare measures and various schemes to woo the
Muslims, who constitute around nine percent of Tripura's 3.7
million population (according to the 2001 census).
The ruling Left Front would launch a two-month long stir on March
11 in support of their 14-point demands, that include
implementation of the proposals of the Sachar Committee and
National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (NCRLM),
also called the Ranganath Misra Commission.
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