The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Muslims to march to Parliament

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Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007
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Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

Muslims to march to Parliament

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: On March 7, representatives of Muslim organisations will march to Parliament demanding the implementation of the recommendations of the Rajinder Sachar Committee report. They will present memorandums to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Announcing this at a press conference here on Tuesday, M.H. Jawahirullah, president of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam, said, "In light of the Sachar committee report, we demand a constitutional amendment to permit States to fix the ceiling of reservation according to their need and remove the present 50 per cent cap on reservation," Prof. Jawahirullah said.

He demanded a one-time allocation of Rs. 1 lakh crore in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan to build 1,000 educational institutions for Muslims.

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