By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Khudai Khidmatgar, which is the recently revived organization originally, established by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, will soon start its state wise membership drive across the country, starting with Manipur, Assam and West Bengal. The revival ceremony of the organization was held on January 20, at Tees January Marg, the place where Gandhiji was assassinated.
Tara Gandhi, grand daughter of mahatma Gandhi and Faisal Khan (2nd and 3rd from Right) giving membership of Khudai Khidmatgar to a house maid in Delhi
Talking to TwoCircles.net, Faisal Khan, the eminent social activist who revived the group, said that, “We want to start with North East because the region is essentially marginalized when it comes to the national agenda of both the government, the media and social work. It will be symbolic also as we want to emphasize the fact that em>Khudai Khidmatgarhas been started with the precise purpose of taking the most marginalized on board.”
“Before the National Convention of em>Khudai Khidmatgarwhich will hopefully be in September this year, we will cover the whole country,” further informed Mr. Khan.
Irom Sharmila, who is on fast for last ten years for repealing AFSPA, will launch the drive on March 23, informed Mr. Khan. Then the Khidmatgars will proceed to Assam and West Bengal where the drive is scheduled to start on 24th and 26 of March respectively. In Assam the membership will be given by Shri Hem bhai, a noted Gandhian activist and Ms. Biju Borbaruah a Gandhian worker. In West Bengal the membership will be launched by Shankar Sanyal, chairman West Bengal Harijan Sewak Sangh, also a well known Gandhian
The venues of the membership drive are as follows
1. Assam, 24th March, Time- 2 pm to 4pm
Venue: -Assam tourist lodge first floor, near reserve bank of India.
Contact- Daiyan Hussain- 09891841803, Syed Shamsur Rahman-097067422233, 09864910700, Mr. Mehdi Hassan-09957059359
2. West Bengal- 26th March, Time- 11 am to 12.30 pm
Venue: 59/B, Dilkhusha Street, Kolkata-700017, Near No. 4 Bridge,
Contact- Mr. Umer Khan- 09339597398 Mr. R A Qawsar- 09051848275, Sabir Ghaffar- 09836623407
For further enquiry contact [email protected] or call on 09968828230, 09891760180, 09868619699