Our Correspondent /
Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today launched Progress Panchayat in Mewat district of Haryana to reach out to the minority communities and publicize the various welfare measures taken by the NDA government for their betterment.
Addressing the progress panchayat at Bichchor village of the district Mr. Naqvi said that it is an effort towards development of minorities and not for the vote bank.
Mr. Naqvi later, laid the foundation of Mewat Model School to be construed at a cost of about 4 crores rupees at village Chila wali of Nuh block in Mewat district. He also announced to construct Harmony Centres in every block of the district for education, Skill development, Sports and Social development works.
The special outreach programme comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark about empowering a minority community and not treating it as item of the vote market.