‘Minority welfare neglected in YSRCP rule’

Former chairman of Legislative Council MA Shariff decried that the minority welfare was neglected during the Jagan Mohan Reddy-headed regime.
The TDP here on Sunday organized the ‘Ghar Ghar Ka Nara’ programme in Addanki. Addressing the gathering Shariff said that the minority welfare was put in the lurch by the YSRCP regime. Harassment and atrocities increased against the Minorities in the YSRCP rule, he alleged.
“The YSRCP leaders are trying to use the Muslim minorities as vote banks, and at the same time, they ignored their welfare. A raw deal was meted to the minorities in the budget allocation for their welfare,” he flayed.
He reiterated that the TDP is committed to the welfare of Muslim minorities. He recalled that many welfare programmes were implemented for the Muslims during the TDP rule, stating that loans on 50% subsidy were extended to them.
A Noorbasha federation was set up with a corpus fund of Rs 50, he claimed. Gurukula schools were established in Urdu and English medium and scholarships were also provided to the poor Muslim students during the TDP rule, he stated.
Shariff reminded that financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh had been provided to the poor Muslim students for foreign education, adding that through the Dulhan scheme, financial support of Rs 50,000 was provided to 38,000 people without any conditions. During the TDP regime over 300 shadhikana were constructed with modern facilities, observed.
He assured of renovation of mosques, construction of Haj houses, providing employment to the Muslim youths and making Urdu an official language, if the TDP was voted to power.  MLA Yeluri Sambashiva Rao, national official spokesperson Nasir Ahmad and minority cell state president Moulana Mastan Ahmad also spoke. TDP organizing secretary Abdul Rajak, TDP Bapatla Parliamentary executive secretary Jamaluddin, Sheik Shamshuddin.