AMN / MUMBAI
Union minister for Minority affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that the year 2017-18 will be celebrated as an year of `Tahreek e Taleem’, a campaign for promoting education among minority communities. The programme will be launched on October 15, birth anniversary of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
Mr. Naqvi said that it will start in 100 districts across the country. He also informed that to mark the birth centenary of Jana Sangh leader Deendayal Upadhyaya, the Centre will organise Usttad Samman Samagam to felicitate veteran artisans from the minority communities.
Mr Naqvi said in Mumbai yesterday where he attended a coordination meeting between his ministry and the Maharashtra Minority Development department.
Naqvi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has cleared the way for progress of Muslim community by removing the speed-breaker of appeasement politics.
Speaking at the meeting, the Minister said that Appeasement politics for narrow self-interest was the biggest enemy of inclusive growth of the minorities.
He also stated that the Modi government in the last three years has created an atmosphere of trust among all sections of society by adopting policy of empowerment without appeasement.
