By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Kolkata : A delegation of Qaumi Awaz Welfare Society met with Justice S.M. Siddiqui, chairman of National Commission for Minorities’ Educational Institutions, in Kolkata and presented him a memorandum on the backwardness of Muslims in the state. The memorandum says the recommendations made in Mandal Commission Report have not been implemented in entirety. Only seven Muslim castes have been included in the list whereas state OBC list comprises 64 Muslim and non-Muslim castes.
There are 19 universities in West Bengal, the memorandum says, but there is not a single vice-chancellor in any of them, whereas four of seven universities in Bihar have Muslim vice-chancellors. There is no Muslim on any important posts like chief secretary, home secretary, director general of police or Kolkata police commissioner. Total number of Muslim teachers in Kolkata University is only two, of which one is in the Islamic department. Twelve hundred appointments have been made in Murshidabad police but the number of Muslims among them is only twelve. Muslim presence in judiciary is zero.
Reiterating its demand for justice, Qaumi Awaz Welfare Society appealed for immediate implementation of its three point program: recognition of educational institutions of all minorities, especially of Muslims, under articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution, opening of doors of all services to Muslims and reservation in education.