By TCN News,
New Delhi: Salman Khurshid, Minister of Minority Affairs, met a media delegation from Gulf nations and West Asia and North Africa here at his office and gave them details about the minority welfare schemes being run by Government of India. Khurshid highlighted the basic thread of unity and harmony beads together the policies and schemes for Minorities in the largest democracy.
Khurshid told the delegation that the basic idea of unity and harmony percolates to all the policies and schemes that are meant for the development and welfare of Minorities in India. And these policies, he said, have not only seen the Minorities in good stead in this country which has the second highest population of Muslims in the world, but has seen them rise to the highest offices of the State.
Union Minister for Law and Justice and Minority Affairs, Salman Khurshid meeting a delegation of media persons from WANA (West Asia & North Africa) and Gulf countries, in New Delhi on July 04, 2012.
In an interaction with a Media delegation from the Gulf countries and WANA (West Asia and North Africa) here on 4th July, Khurshid presented various facets of the policies and schemes for the overall development and welfare of the Minorities that are part of Government of India’s basic policy ‘mantra’ of inclusive growth of all sections of society.
The Media delegation, which consisted of journalists also from Egypt and Tunisia – the countries that have undergone massive politico-social changes in recent times – asked questions on a wide spectrum of issues concerning Minorities and the inter-relationship between the Majority and the Minority communities in a secular, democratic India. They also wanted to know the complexities of dealing with situations when in such a pluralistic society there may be a strife between the communities.
Khurshid informed the delegation that though there are instances when there is a communal clash, but all such instances are dealt with utmost conviction of national unity and harmony and the nation as a whole always decries such happenings and stands against them. He said Indian Constitution has specific safeguards and Fundamental Rights granted to the Minorities.