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Implement Sachar report, says NCP

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“Rebuild Babri mosque at original site”

NCP to translate report into all languages
“Education should receive priority”

NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday called for immediate implementation of the Sachar Committee report on Muslims, and for consolidation of minority votes so that secular forces were not weakened.

An NCP convention on minorities here also demanded that the Babri mosque be rebuilt at its original place at Ayodhya.

Chairing the meeting, party president and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the Sachar report brought out the backwardness of one section of society that could not be ignored.

The NCP would translate the report into all languages so that non-Muslims understood the plight of the community.

“It is their right”

“The minority is asking not for more or for favour, but only for what is their right,” he said.

Exhorting the Muslim community to ensure that it created an atmosphere for education of each child, Mr. Pawar said a pledge should be taken to treat education as a priority. At the same time, there should be a struggle against unemployment.

“On these twin issues, the minority community should work with a missionary zeal.”

Minority unity urged

He gave a call for “minority unity” to thwart communalism and strengthen secular forces.

A resolution said Mr. Pawar “was the first person to demand strict action against those who demolished the Babri mosque, however high and mighty. This convention demands that the mosque be rebuilt at its original place.”

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