By TCN News,
New Delhi: SIO National President, Suhail K.K and National Secretary Shahnawaz Ali Raihan today met AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi at his residence and discussed with him several community and national issues including minority character of Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia, democracy at colleges and right to education act.
“The 30-minute-long discussion was focused on issues like creating democratic environment in college campuses, 6% GDP for education, implementing right to education act, minority status of JMI and AMU and impartial inquiry into all recent blast cases and encounters,” Shahnawaz Ali Raihan told TCN.
Suhail K.K, national president, SIO
Suhail KK stressed for swift notification for Right to Education Act. The increased budgetary allocation for school education is totally insufficient, given the promise of universal elementary education that has been made a constitutional obligation by the Right to Education Act. The Govt should at least spend 6% of GDP on education sector, he put the demand before Rahul Gandhi.
Speaking on minority status of JMI and AMU, SIO President demanded that the Government should take right action for building the confidence of Muslim Community in India considering the fact that Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University was set up for improving educational standards of Muslims.
Sharing the feelings of lacs of Muslim youths of India that they are being targeted and hunted and kept at a psychological war, SIO leadership requested Rahul Gandhi to pressurize the Govt for an impartial inquiry into blast cases and encounters.
Rahul Gandhi also expressed his concern over educational backwardness of Muslim community, condition of Madarsa and the issue of female participation in nation building. Rahul expressed his happiness on the works done by SIO to enlighten Muslim youths to participate in nation building process.