By TCN News,
Bangalore: To press the Central Government for 10% quota for Muslims in job and education in the entire country, the activists of Popular Front of India will march towards Parliament on March 18, marking end of their two-month long national campaign for Muslim reservation.
National Executive Council of PFI that met here on 28th Feb and 1st March, demanded the UPA Government to declare 10% reservation to all Muslims all over India in the light of Ranganath Misra Commission report in the ongoing parliament session.
PFI General Secretary K M Shareef condemned the BJP propaganda against Muslim reservation, saying, “Reservation is a constitutional right and various high level government committees have confirmed the backwardness of Muslim community and proved that Muslim community deserves reservation.”
The National Executive Council of PFI also demanded the Union government to take every step to control price rise. “Though the government has been reiterating its commitment to curb price rise, we could not see any effective measures taken by the government to fulfil it. The budget presented by the Union Finance Minister disappointed the common people. It will further escalate the price of essential commodities. The budget also reflected the government’s commitment towards safeguarding the interests of neo-liberals and corporate,” Shareef said.
About their national reservation campaign, he said: The National Campaign for Muslim reservation has received overwhelming support from the masses and Popular Front has been able to mobilize people for reservation to minorities.
The PFI has also decided to organise a “School Chalo” (Go to School) national campaign to ensure that all students go to school up to secondary level. Popular Front has been conducting School Chalo Campaign prior to school admissions every year in various parts of the country.
The Popular Front National Executive has urged the Government of India to withdraw the recent notification issued by Ministry of Home Affairs whereby in the name of a registration of citizen and issue of national identity cards, the minorities in Assam are denied citizenship and are persecuted by concerned authorities.
The National Executive meeting was presided over by Popular Front Chairman E.M. Abdul Rahiman. General secretary K.M Shareef presented the reports. E Abubaker, A Saeed, Moulana Usman Baig, Dr Mahboob Shariff, Sheikh Dahlan Baqavi, M A Jinnah and V.P Nasruddin attended the meeting.