By TCN News,
Bangalore: Popular Front of India will start its two-month long National Campaign for Muslim Reservation with the inaugural public meeting on 31st January 2010 in Pune, Maharashtra. Ex-MP Syed Shahabuddin, who is the General Convener of National Movement for Muslim Reservation and Joint Committee of Muslim Organizations for Empowerment, will formally inaugurate the national campaign at Mahatma Phule Ground in the city at 7.00 p.m.
Chairman of Popular Front Mr. E. M. Abdul Rahiman will preside over the function. Maulana Usman Baig Rashadi (President, All India Imams Council), Mr. Suresh Khairnar (National Convener, All India Secular Forum), Mr. Abdul Hannan (Social Democratic Party of India) and Mr. Shubhas Ware (Third Front) are among the speakers at the inaugural meeting.
The campaign for Muslim reservation during the months of February and March is being launched in the backdrop of Justice Ranganath Misra Commission report which has recommended 10% reservation to all Muslims in education and government employment. The campaign will include series of public awareness programmes such as pamphlets, posters, exhibitions, street meetings, vehicle caravans, rallies, seminars, street plays and cultural shows in various states during the campaign period.
“Wall posters and hand bills highlighting the theme are being circulated in languages such as Urdu, Hindi, English, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Manipuri to suit the requirements of different states. The campaign will by and large cover 16 states,” said O M A Salam, Secretary, Popular Front of India, and Convener, Campaign Committee.
The call for a united movement for Muslim Reservation is well received and the community has come forward to organize awareness programmes in many Muslim concentrated cities.
PFI will hold programmes at the following places: Feb 3: Changanachery in Kerala; Feb 14: Goa; Feb 20: Muzaffar Nagar in UP; Feb 21: Aligarh; Feb 22: Lucknow; Feb 23: Azamgarh in UP; Feb 26: Gulbarga in Karnataka; Mar 5: Hyderabad; Mar 5: Mysore; Mar 6: Kurnool in AP; Mar 7: Jaipur; Mar 7: Nandyal in AP; Mar 7: Darbhanga; Mar 8: Patna; Mar 8: Jaipur; Mar 8: Bangalore; Mar 9: Indore; Mar 10: Murshidabad in West Bengal; Mar 10: Thiruvananthapuram; Mar 12: Kolkata; Mar 12: Mangalore; Mar 14: Imphal.
A Parliament March is scheduled on 18th March in New Delhi at the conclusion of the campaign.
