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Government cracks down on controversial preacher Zakir Naik, declares his NGO illegal; in another decision minimum support price for wheat is increased to 1625 rupees per quintal, big relief to common man as well as prices of diesel and petrol also come down.
Naik and his organisation IRF came under the scanner of the security agencies after Bangladeshi newspaper ‘Daily Star’ reported that one of the perpetrators of the July 1 terror attack in Dhaka, Rohan Imtiaz, ran propaganda on Facebook last year, quoting Naik.
The Islamic orator is banned in the UK and Canada for his hate speeches. He is among 16 banned Islamic scholars in Malaysia.
The Mumbai-based preacher has not returned to India ever since the controversy erupted.
In another decision, the government increased the minimum support price of wheat by Rs 100 to Rs 1,625 a quintal and pulses by up to Rs 550 per quintal to boost output of these rabi crops and check prices.The MSP is the rate at which government buys the grain from farmers.