By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh unit of Students Islamic Organization (SIO) of India staged a dharna yesterday in front of AP secretariat to demand the proper utilization of minority funds and the execution of Andhra Pradesh Minority Commissionerate as a sole authority and to demand execution of its duties with complete organizational structure much more effectively.
Police detained SIO activists from secretariat though its activists were staging a peaceful protest. Activists were detained at Nampally police station and later were released at 5 pm.
Abrar Ali, State PR Secretary, SIO AP condemned the forceful detention of SIO activists by police and not allowing them to execute their democratic right of peaceful protest.
A memorandum was presented to the concerned official for pressing the demands of giving a complete organizational structure to the Minority Commissionerate and proper utilization of minority funds.
SIO also raised its concern over 90% of the sanctioned posts at the commissionerate still being vacant as no proper set up or procedure yet been established for the recruitment.