Thursday, December 28, 2006

MiM Seeks Fast Development Work in Old City


MiM Leaders with MCH Commissioner at a review Committee Meeting in Hyderabad.

MiM Seeks Fast Development Work in Old City

Hyderabad December 26: The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) have completed 1885 works in five assembly constituencies within 9 months period in the current financial year. MCH Commissioner Sanjay Jaju informing the details said that 340 works in five assembly constituencies worth 20 crores were under progress at various stages while another 850 works worth 52 crores are sanctioned that are under tendering and grounding stage.
The highest number of works sanctioned and completed was in Chandrayangutta assembly constituency with 780 and 544 respectively in the current financial year worth 22.61 crores, said the MCH Commissioner while reviewing the developmental works in old city with Majlis e Ithedul Muslimeen (MIM) MP and MLAs.
Here today Commissioner MCH Sanjay Jaju along with other officials reviewed the developmental works with Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, MIM Floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi MLA Chandrayangutta, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, MLA Yakutpura, Muqtada Afsar Khan, MLA Karwan, Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri Chariminar MLA and Mohd Mouzzam Khan MLA Asif Nagar. The officers include Additional Commissioner Projects Dhananjay Reddy, Additional Commissioner Traffic and transport NVS Reddy. Comparing with last year the works, commissioner said that works completed in record period and listed out the works. He said that 780 works were sanctioned in Chandrayangutta Constituency, in which 544 were completed while 73 works costing 4.15 crores are under progress and another 163 works costing around 7.63 crores sanctioned and would be grounded shortly. Out of 433 works sanctioned in Yakutpura Constituency a major chunk that’s 266 were completed under 144 were sanctioned would be started shortly, rest are under final stages.
Sanjay Jaju said that in Charminar constituency 481 works were sanctioned in which 354 were completed while 165 would be started shortly that under are tendering stage, the rest 62 are under progress. In Karwan Assembly constituency a total of 306 works were completed while 164 works sanctioned to tune of 7.63 crores. The rest 116 works are under progress costing 6.71 crores.Under Asif Nagar assembly constituency, out of the total 579 works about 315 works were completed while 206 works costing 14 crores are sanctioned would commenced shortly, the rest 58 works tuning 3.1 crores were under progress. The Commissioner also informed that corporation has proposed about 143 crores works under urban community development (UCB) fund with central government, in which the constituencies from old city were having share of about 47 crores. The works may likely get sanctioned in another two months.
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi Demanded that the works sanctioned should be completed along with preparing fresh estimates for newly proposed works by the concerned MLAs in their respective constituency. The Contractors are delaying the ongoing works since they are bidding for several works pending the ongoing works and he requested the Corporation for restricting the contractors for having 4 to five works at a time so that the works are completed on time. He also asked the Commissioner that priority be given to proposals send by the MLAs by clearing them at the earliest.
MIM Floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi annoyed against the officers for neglecting the minority populated areas and asked to give priority to the works recommended by MLAs concerned, taking up on the priority basis. He also wanted that the immediate steps be taken in completing on the going works and the works sanctioned earlier cited the works of Habeeb Nagar nala, First Lancer Nala, Bakapur nala Murki Nala etc. He came down heavily over not taking up the works sanctioned on the ground at Talab katta during the visit of MiM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi and MCH Commissioner Sanjay Jaju.
Akbaruddin Owaisi, Mumtaz Ahmed and others also complained that the constructions of community halls were being pending for past one and half years, in spite of several reminders works were not yet started. Nawab Sahab kunta bridge estimate would be prepared that would be included under UCB project. Sattarbagh by pass drain lane which earlier proposed have been changed to non suitability of the project and work would be taken up beside that lane.
MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi also inquired about the progress of Balapur, Hafez babanagar Nala recalling the inundated water in that locality earlier. The works were sanctioned but could not be taken since large number of properties being affected if acted in accordance with Krilosakar committee report said the officers. Suggesting the plan, he said that the water from Balapur Lake could be diverted through the existing Nalas in Babanagar. The MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi along with officials from Corporation would make visit to Hafez babanagar day after tomorrow to get on hand information on the Hafez Baba Nagar Nala and Murki Nala works which need to expedited.
The Kishan Bagh stadium in Bhadarpura would be designed costing around 1.5 crores, said the Commissioner. He also informed that corporation wants to include several projects under JNNURM central government funded scheme. He informed that the works for Habeeb Nagar Nala, First Lancer costing around 1.99 crores and 60 lakhs were sanctioned. On the complained from MLAs that the works being pending for the past 2 years, he said that the works could not be taken up due poor response from contractors and stated that two Nalas will be taken at the earliest. He added that Balakpur Nala project cost 21 crores were prepared and was included under JNNURM.
Only 30 to 40 percent of street lights were seen glowing in Chandrayangutta, Charminar, Asif Nagar, Karwan, Yakutpura, on which Commissioner Sanjay Jaju stated that corporation, would not hesitate in canceling and recalling the fresh contracts to others for maintaining the cent percent street light glowing. The MLAs also complained that contractors were going unheard the complaints for repairs and having poor maintenance of street lights.
The Chariminar MLA complained about the high Mask lights, he said that in spite of getting 20 high light masks sanctioned only 8 were grounded while others were left pending. The same situation was with other constituencies. Mouzzam khan complained that not even semi high mask lights were installed in Asif Nagar constituency. Yakuthupura MLA Mumtaz Ahmed Khan criticized that the officials were not putting dumper bins for collecting garbage in several parts of old city and if putting were decayed bins which the commissioner rejected. But Khan asked Commissioner to make visit to Yakuthpura Bada bazaar to witness the dumper bins.
The MiM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi also asked the commissioner for construction of international standard swimming pool and the proposed project likely to be set up at Bandalaguda. He also asked the Commissioner to modernize the Moghalpura Swimming pool which was being kept pending in spite of budget allocation by the concerned corporator, on the line of Multi sports complex at Chandulal baradari that’s being taken up with estimated cost of 3.5 crores. The Road over bridge at Kandikal gate and Uppuguda projects were included under JNNURM project said the commissioner Sanjay Jaju, when asked by the Akbaruddin Owaisi. He also wanted that the corporation immediately take up the works for Gowlipura Bridge which was at dilapidated condition.

Saturday, December 16, 2006

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi On Sachar Committee Report and Reservation in Parliament

Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi

ASADUDDIN OWAISI MP (HYDERABAD) : Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Bill that has been tabled in the august House. I have got some important points to bring to the notice of the august House.
The Sachar Committee report has been tabled in this House. It clearly states the educational backwardness of the Muslim community. According to Sachar Report, there are 39 per cent OBCs and 0.8 per cent Scheduled Caste in the Muslim community.
I support this Bill which provides reservation in Central Universities to SCs, STs and OBCs. However, I would like to know as to how fair it is to deny the benefits of reservation on the basis of religion, especially after the Government has tabled the Sachar Report in this august House which shows how bad my educational standards are and my conditions are.
I would just like to quote one point here as far as the report is concerned. Page 73 of Sachar Report clearly says, “The percentage of population of graduates, as far as the Muslims are concerned, is 1.2 and those attending P.G. courses is 16.3.” It is lesser in Muslims than in dalits also. You are not implementing these minority universities over there. But why is it that I am being denied such benefits? Moreover, the Presidential Order of 1950 contravenes the basic fundamental rights given in the Constitution.
How is it that only SCs belonging or professing the religion of Hinduism or Sikhism or neo Buddhism are being given reservation? Why not Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims? This question has to be pondered over by the Government. I would request you sincerely, Sir, that the Government should come forward and ensure that the 1950 Presidential Order, Schedule III is amended. It says that only a person professing Hinduism or Sikhism or neo Buddhism can be classified as Schedule Caste. How is that possible? This Report of yours clearly says this. There is this argument about Muslims and OBCs. Why is it such a low percentage is there? This has to be looked into.
Lastly, about Jamia Milia University, how is that the present Vice-Chancellor wants to implement this present Bill in Jamia Milia University? Why has the Vice-Chancellor overnight changed this position? Why are we being denied such benefits? I would request you that this issue has to be taken care of. They have applied to the National Minority Education Commission also. It is pending over there. If Jamia Milia University is not a minority University, then, which is a minority university? This is a very important question. These are important points I wanted to bring to the notice of the august House.
I support this Bill. I hope that this UPA Government will take affirmative action and will not deny us reservation under Article 16(4). If people are opposed to reservations to Muslims, they should look into the pre-native history of Article 16(4). It is none other than Sardar Vallabhai Patel, who has stated `classes’ means `Minorities’. He was the Chairman of that Advisory Committee. Why are Muslims having reservations in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka? Why can they not be given reservations nationwide? It has to be done. Literacy rate of 13 per cent of population is only 59. There is a huge difference between literate and educated persons. You can very well imagine 13 per cent of population with a literacy of 59 per cent. Hence, I would request that the Government should come forward with the proposal and I hope that the hon. Minister, when he stands up to reply would respond to this or this UPA Government has to amend 1950 Presidential Order. They have to take affirmative action under Articles 15(4) and 16(4).
Thank you.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Booked for Making Inflammatory Speeches

MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi at a rally near Charminar in Hyderabad

Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi booked for diatribe
27 Nov, 2006


HYDERABAD: Police have slapped cases under section 505 (1)(B)'290'153A against Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi and two others for allegedly making "inflammatory Speech and instigating public " at a meeting in Hafeezbaba Nagar late on Saturday night which was attended by thousands of People . Police themselves were at the receiving end of Akbaruddin Owaisi's diatribe.

The MIM party had taken permission from police to hold their public meeting and were told to close it by 10 pm as per rules.

Chandrayangutta legislator and MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, who spoke at the meeting, reportedly made provocative speeches, bordering on communal lines.

Akbaruddin also allegedly criticized editors of two major Urdu newspapers for supporting the Communist Party and also against city police commissioner A K Mohanty. "Akbaruddin in his speeches used instigating and inflammatory language, which might have caused communal disharmony, and also used abusive language," the Kanchanbagh police said. In his speech, Akbaruddin also criticised the traffic police for imposing challans on traffic rule violators.

"If the traffic police penalise you, smash their heads. I am with you. I will ensure that no case is booked against you," Akbaruddin allegedly told the gathering. The speeches were also extended beyond the permitted time, i.e 10 pm. "The speeches went on till 10.30 pm and a case for creating public nuisance was also booked against the organisers," Kanchanbagh police inspector Ramdass Teja told on Sunday. The organisers were also booked for creating nuisance by bursting crackers and using microphones beyond the stipulated timing. However MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi speaking to Mediapersons said he stands by what he said and refused to say sorry to the Police Department and said that he wont take back his words and what he has said is Reality which is being faced by the people of Hyderabad and this is an Conspiracy by Anti Mim elements to silence the MiM Leaders but added we will not keep silent on the daily harrasment being faced by the People .

Cases were booked against Mohd Asif, the organiser of the meeting, and Mirza Ali Baig, a MIM activists. Ramdass Teja said they have audio tapes of the speeches as proof to proceed in the case. Cases were booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 153 (a) (delivering provocative speeches), 290 (creating public nuisance) and others. Police, however, are yet to make any arrests.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Gives Proof Of Encroached Wakf Land


Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi

MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi gives proof of encroached wakf land 21 Nov, 2006

HYDERABAD: The revenue officials were left in a spot on Monday when Majlis ittehadul Muslimeen Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi produced documentary evidence claiming Wakf Board's ownership over thousands of acres of land. Earlier the officials had shrugged off claims of the House Committee on Minorities Affairs that over 5,000 acres of land under the Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board in Ranga Reddy district had been encroached upon by government agencies. At a review meeting at the Assembly, MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi produced revenue records of all the encroached land, claiming that the property belongs to the Wakf Board. It even stunned officials when Owaisi fished out documents claiming that the land on which Indian School of Business, Microsoft and Moulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu) stand were all Wakf property. Ranga Reddy collector L Premchandra Reddy had no option but to admit the revelations of the House Committee. Premchandra Reddy assured the committee that the district administration would study all the documents and come out with a comprehensive report along with an action plan for the Wakf Board to reclaim its land. Owaisi produced revenue records of over 2,716 acres of land along with the pahani records. House Committee chairman Syed Mohammed Ahmedullah asked the collector to remove encroachments over the Wakf land and re-establish the ownership of the Board. He wanted the revenue department to confirm details about the land of the ISB and Microsoft at Gachibowli and take measures to return it to the Wakf Board. "The ISB, Microsoft and Manuu may be given the allocated land on lease or may pay an appropriate rent to the Wakf Board," Owaisi demanded. The district collector sought two months' time from the House Committee for completing the verification process.This is the response of earlier visits by the Assembly Committee to more than 1,500 acres of wakf land and 510 acres belonging to Islamic Institution Jamia Nizamia which have been encroached upon under Serilingampally municipality by none other than government agencies.This came to light during a fact-finding drive launched by the Assembly House Committee for Minorities led by Akbaruddin Owaisi (Majlis ittehadul Muslimeen ) and Kadapa MLA (Congress) Ahmedullah onThursday. The entire wakf land comes under Dargah Shah Wali locatedin Raidurg village of Ranga Reddy district. The team comprising MLAs Ahmedullah, Akbaruddin Owaisi, Sheik Subhani, Ranga Reddy district collector L Premchandra Reddy, Wakf Board special officer-incharge Sheik Madar and Jamia Nizamia rector Moulana Mufti Khaleel Ahmed verified the revenue and wakf records which revealed that the land worth thousands of crores of rupees belonged to Wakf Board. As per the wakf records, there is a total of 1,654 acres that belongs to Dargah Shah Wali. Of the total dargah land, 250 acres has been allotted to Indian School of Business, 1,022 acres has been given away to Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation(APIIC), 200 acres to Moulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu)and 29 acres has been left with Hyderabad Urban Development Authority(Huda). Only 150 acres of land is left with the dargah but someportion of the remaining land is encroached by individuals andstructures have come up on good amount of land. A review meeting will be held on November 20 where a policy decision would be taken to safeguard the available wakf land and retain the ownership over the encroached properties, he said. Akbaruddin Owaisi (MiM) demanded that government should not delay in getting the wakf land back. Even when court judgments on most of the land came in favour of the Wakf Board, neither the Wakf Board northe government made any efforts to take control over the properties,he said. Owaisi demanded that all the institutions that have encroached wakf land be brought under "lease-deed" and Muslim students be givena 10 per cent reservation in ISB and jobs in other institutions like APIIC.The House Committee visited several sites in Ranga Reddy district on Wednesday where it detected that hundreds of acres of wakf land has been allotted to various agencies, projects including IMG and forthe upcoming international airport at Shamshabad. The committee found that more than 900 acres of land in Shamshabad was being used for the new airport, 87 acres allotted to Apparel park, 420 acres to IMG, 340 acres for maternity hospital and 230 acres encroached upon by tribals.

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Asaduddin Owaisi MP speech on Consideration of the Protection of Human Rights in Parliament


Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi


At the outset, I stand to support the Bill. I have a few points and I would like the honble. Minister to clarify those.

The first point is, in July 2006 a Conference took place in Bhopal wherein all the State Human Rights Commissions assembled. Particularly in relation to this Bill, all of them were unanimous that when it comes to the Chairman of the Commission, he has to be a retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or of the High Court.

The second point is that they were of the opinion that what this Bill does is that it reduces the number from five to three wherein a District Magistrate is being denied the right to become a member of the State Human Rights Commission. I would like to know from the hon. Minister whether he is going to give any weightage or consideration to the State Human Rights Conference which took place in July in Bhopal.

As far as the National Human Rights Act is concerned, the biggest human rights violation that takes place is in relation to child labour. Now as far as this Act is concerned, it relates only to public servants. Will the hon. Minister or this Government consider bringing in such a legislation or amending this particular Act wherein the NHRC can go into the violations in relation to child labour also? Many reports have come out in this regard. Various international organisations have submitted reports in recent days wherein it has been shown that the highest number of child labour is there in our country. It is very important and I hope the hon. Minister will respond to.

The third point is in relation to having ex-officio members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission. Unfortunately, the National Minorities Commission has not been mentioned. Will the Minister agree to it?



Fourthly, as far as the recommendatory nature of compensation is concerned, I can understand about the problems of giving an interim order because you cannot have what is called in legal terminology, the dual remedy and dual damages in the same court of action. But as far as compensation is concerned, you make it mandatory. What is the point when NHRC or SHRC comes to a conclusion that the rights of ‘x’ or ‘y’ or ‘z’ have been violated and he deserves a compensation but the compensation is not given. The compensation does not bring back ones self esteem or integrity. But at the same time it goes a long way in sending a strong message to the violators of human rights. So, at least make the compensation aspect mandatory.

Fifthly, I would like to know from the hon. Minister when it comes to the removal section what is the difference between a person of unsound mind and infirmity of mind. Though I am not very good in my English but I really do not see any difference between infirmity of mind and an unsound mind.

Will the hon. Minister be kind enough to enlighten all of us why is it that various State Governments have established the State Human Rights Commissions, but the Gujarat State has not yet established a Human Rights Commission? What steps is the Central Government going to take to ensure that the Gujarat State establishes a Human Rights Commission? When you talk about transparency and that everybody is equal before law, unfortunately, the State Human Rights Commission is not working in Gujarat?

Finally, taking from what the hon. Member from Shiv Sena has said, what happened in Mumbai is condemnable but what is happening now is also condemnable. There are many people from Muslim community who are being kept in illegal confinement in Mumbai from 25 days or 30 days or 40 days. They are not being released. The State Government says that they are being released but there is a difference between the Maharashtra Government releasing people and Tripura Government releasing people. When the Government of Tripura arrested six to seven Muslims, they apologized publicly that they are sorry that they arrested wrong people. But what is happening in Maharashtra? Illegal confinement is taking place. Yesterday, we had brought this to the notice of the hon. Prime Minister also. A 68 year old man was kept in illegal confinement for 20 days. He was stripped. His daughter-in-law was forced to take off her burkha and she was threatened that if she does accept a particular crime in regard to Mumbai blasts, then she would also be stripped. So, these are very important things. As has been said just now by my senior colleague, unless and until you give teeth to NHRC, all our exercise will be of no use.

With these comments, I thank you for giving me this opportunity and I support this Bill.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen Statement On Telangana Issue



Majlis ittehadul Muslimeen Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi addressing MiM held Public Meeting In Hyderabad.


All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has
decided to extend full support to the Congress in the
byelection to Lok Sabha from Karimnagar constituency.
in the bypoll scheduled on December 4.

The AIMIM has taken this decision in view of the
prevailing political situation in the state and its
consistent stand on issues concerning the Muslim
community. In the 2004 Assembly/Lok Sabha elections,
our party, alongwith other constituent organizations
of United Muslim Forum, had actively campaigned in
favour of the Congress alliance and against the then
NDA constituents—the Telugu Desam-BJP alliance—because
both the parties were responsible for subjecting the
Muslims and other minorities to severe harassment
under NDA’s rule during 1998-2004.
At that time, our party took a decision to strengthen
the secular forces in the country and root out the
communal forces from power in a democratic way,
through proper and effective use of the right to vote.
As everyone knows, the NDA lost power at the Centre
and the Telugu Desam was dislodged from power in
Andhra Pradesh, as various sections of the society as
well as the minorities voted overwhelmingly for
Congress and its allies in the 2004 elections.
The UPA included several issues concerning the
minorities in its Common Minimum Programme. Our party
– AIMIM—supports the UPA government as it is a secular
formation committed to giving a fair deal to the
minorities in the country. Our party met and
represented to UPA chairperson and AICC president
Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on
the issues and problems concerning the minorities,
particularly Muslims, and they have responded
positively to our suggestions.
On our suggestions, the Prime Minister announced a
separate Ministry for Minorities. Hence, the Ministry
of Minority Affairs came into being on January 29,
2006, with a wide charter that includes overall
policy, planning, coordination, evaluation and review
of the regulatory and developmental programmes of the
minority communities. The Ministry of Minorities
Affairs is headed by Union Minister Abdul Rahman
Antulay, an eminent lawyer and former chief minister
of Maharashtra.
The Corpus Fund of Maulana Azad Education Fund has
been from Rs 70 crore in 2004-05 to Rs 100 crore in
2005-06 and doubled to Rs 200 crore in the current
financial year. The share capital of the National
Minorities Development and Finance Corporation has
been raised from Rs 500 crore to Rs 650 crore. A
merit-cum-means based scholarship scheme for 20,000
students, belonging to minorities, to pursue higher
education has been introduced this year.
Reports of the High Level Committee, constituted by
the Prime Minister under the chairmanship of Justice
Rajender Sachar, to examine social, economic and
educational status of the Muslim community in India
and the National Commission for Religious and
Linguistic Minorities to suggest criteria for
identification of socially and economically backward
sections among religious and linguistic minorities,
are expected to be submitted to the government soon.
Basing on their recommendations, our party expects and
exhorts the UPA government to take affirmative action
and initiatives for the overall development of the
Muslim community, which is more backward than the
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward
Classes in the country.

Reservations issue:

Nearer home, the Congress government in Andhra
Pradesh, under Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar
Reddy’s stewardship, has taken some steps in the last
two and a half years to fulfil the promises made to
the minorities in the manifesto for 2004 elections.
The government sought to implement five percent
reservations for the Muslims by including the
community in the list of backward classes. However, it
is unfortunate that the Andhra Pradesh High Court
struck down the GO issued in 2004 and the Ordinance
promulgated in 2005 providing these reservations.
Our party holds the Sangh Parivar mainly responsible
for depriving the Muslim community of the benefits
under the five percent reservations in professional
educational institutions and public employment. On
both the occasions, Sangh parivar activists took the
issue to the High Court. It is unfortunate that the AP
High Court failed to do justice to the Muslims.
Rajender Sachar Committee has pointed out the sad
state of affairs of the Muslim community but our
judiciary does not appreciate the rationale behind the
reservations for Muslims.

The Muslims have, thus, failed to get any justice from
the judiciary so far, even as the matter is pending
before the Supreme Court of India. The state
government has filed its appeal last year but even
after an year, the Supreme Court has not begun the
hearings in the case since the full constitutional
bench is yet to be constituted for the purpose. On the
other hand, the Supreme Court also rejected the state
government’s plea to stay the High Court’s judgement
so as to allow the government to implement
reservations for Muslims in the 2006-07 academic year.
Our party also holds the view that while the Sangh
Parivar is to be blamed for dragging the issue to the
courts and the judiciary must share the responsibility
for not doing justice to the Muslims, the State
government cannot escape its share of the blame for
not effectively defending the reservations before the
AP High Court or the Supreme Court. Both the present
advocate general and his immediate predecessor had
failed to argue the case properly, thereby leading to
‘miscarriage of justice’ on the Muslim reservations
issue.

While the issue of five percent reservations for
Muslims in Andhra Pradesh is awaiting the Supreme
Court judgement, there are demands being made by
Muslims and other sections of the society – based on
the Sachar Committee findings on the sad state of
affairs of the Muslim community—for affirmative action
through the inclusion of the Muslims in the OBC list
and providing reservations for them in the entire
country. Our party supports the demand for
reservations for Muslims nation-wide on the basis of
their socio-economic and educational backwardness.

Telangana issue:

Neglect of Telangana and its backwardness in various
sectors over the last five decades is a fact which no
one can deny. At the same time, our party feels that
separate Telangana state cannot be the only solution.
There can be other options too. On behalf of Muslim
community, which comprises a population of 70 lakh as
per 2001 census in the state, our party has suggested
some short-term and long-term initiatives on
Telangana.

First and foremost, there is immediate need for
revival of regional development boards for all the
three regions—Telangana, Coastal Andhra and
Rayalaseema—to ensure that corrective steps are taken
to remove regional imbalances and disparities. Our
party also demands a special package for Telangana
region – with outlay of Rs 10,000 crore—to accelerate
the pace of development in various sectors in this
backward region. As the minorities—particularly
Muslims—are the most affected lot, a special package
for their socio-economic and educational upliftment is
also required. Our party also demands that GO 610
should be implemented in toto.

On the crucial issue of Telangana, our party feels
that the Muslims have as much stake over the future of
Andhra Pradesh as others-- the people and leaders of
Telangana and other regions. Our party insists that
the government and the ruling party at the Centre and
in the State should not take any decision on the
future of Andhra Pradesh, without ascertaining the
views and concerns of Muslim community in the state.

Our party has urged the UPA government to give due
weightage to the views of Muslim community on
Telangana issue. Our party also feels that to decide
on the future of Andhra Pradesh with reference to the
demand for separate Telangana state, this issue
requires proper and indepth study in the larger
perspective. Hence, our party is committed to the
demand that the Second States Reorganisation
Commission should be constituted to go into all the
aspects of Telangana, including the demand for
separate state.

In the meantime, our party would like the State
government to focus on the development of Telangana in
all fields and welfare of all sections of the people
in the region through higher allocations for
irrigation, power, agriculture, education, medicare
and welfare sectors.

We welcome the launching of work on various irrigation
projects in Telangana region in the last two and a
half years, establishment of Telangana University at
Nizamabad and the recent announcement for setting up
another university at Bhoodan Pochampally and a
government medical college and a university
engineering college in Telangana.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

MIM Seeks Rs 20,000 Crore Package for Telangana


Majlis ittehadul Muslimeen President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi with Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in Darussalam MiM Headquarters on Dec 30 1978.


MIM seeks Rs 20,000-cr package for Telangana


Hyderabad: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi asked the state government to prevail upon the UPA government in getting a Rs 20,000-crore package each released to Telangana and Rayalaseema to reduce regional disparities accrued over the past few decades. Talking to reporters on the premises of the Assembly on Thursday, the Chandrayangutta legislator said it was high time the central government announced a special package to backward regions in the state. Citing an example, he said the extremist movement in the state always attracted youth from neglected regions due to the socio-economic disparities in the region. The movement always derived its strength from Telangana region rather than Rayalaseema, he said. The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen floor leader demanded the state government to implement GO 610 immediately in line with the six-point formula without diluting the presidential order. Taking a dig at the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for failing to live up to the state’ expectations, he criticised “the so-called champions of Telangana” for being satisfied with the land given to construct party office rather than getting statehood to Telangana. He said the MIM was closely monitoring political developments in the state and stated that their party was in favour of a united Andhra Pradesh with overall development of all regions. “But, we may change out stance depending on the developments,” he added. Akbaruddin was critical of the government’s decision to use funds received through the auction of land in Kokapet for implementing the various government schemes. He accused the government of using the auction money to fund irrigation projects in Andhra region. Majlis to weigh options Hyderabad: The Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) on Thursday said it will wait and watch developments on Telangana. Though it had opposed a separate Telangana state earlier, the MIM has decided to look into other options depending on the political scenario and come out with a clear stance in the next few days. “As a first step, the government should send back people of Coastal Andhra who are employed in Telangana by implementing GO 610. Also, announce a welfare package, including irrigation projects on a warfooting,” MIM floor leader in the Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi told TOI. MIM chief Sultan Salauddin Owaisi had convened a meeting of religious organisations and institutions at Darussalam to review the political development. The meeting was attended by all five MIM MLAs, representatives of Tameer-e-Millat, Ulama-e-Deccan, Jamia Nizamia, Amaarat Millat-e-Islamia and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind under the banner of Joint Action Committee of Muslims. “The MIM will not support the Telangana movement led by TRS,” said MIM president Salauddin Owaisi after the meeting. “Since the issue is not so simple, the party will look into various options to ensure that our stance would not go against the interests of Muslims,” he said.

Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen Repersenting the Prime Ministers High level Committee on Minorities Issue


MiM President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi giving Away Bags and Money to poor Muslim Students From Mim Educational Fund.
Asaduddin Owaisi Mp and Akbaruddin Owaisi Mla representing the Prime Ministers High level committee on Minorities Issue . Date :- 04-06-05
To The Hon’ble Chairman & Members of Prime Minister’s High Level Committee New Delhli . Dear Sirs ,We welcome the visit of the Prime Minister’s High-Powered Committee on Minorities to the historic city of Hyderabad. We take the opportunity to profusely thank the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, for constituting this committee to go into the socio-economic and educational conditions of the minorities. We also express our gratitude to your esteemed chairmen and members of the Committee for giving up this opportunity to make this representation.It is a matter of satisfaction that the UPA government at the Centre and the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh have launched several initiatives aimed at amelioration of the status of minorities during their first year in office. The Congress manifesto for 2004 Assembly polls made certain promises for the overall development and well-being of minorities. Keeping this in view, we would like to make suggestions to the panel on its specific terms of reference.As you know, the minorities account for a population of 84 lakh, constituting 11.2 percent of the total population of Andhra Pradesh, as per the 2001 census. Muslims constitute the biggest minority community in the state, with a population of 70 lakh or 9.2 percent of the total population. The population of minorities is largely urban-based. Minorities constitute about nine percent of the total rural population and as high as 22 percent of the total urban population in the state.As a political party representing the hopes and aspirations of Muslim community, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has been striving to impress upon the successive governments to fulfill their constitutional obligations to protect the educational, economic, social and cultural rights of the minorities and work for the upliftment of their socio-economic status. The state government has laid emphasis on the progress and empowerment of minorities and many schemes and policies have been put in place to ensure this in the last two decades or more.Yet, you may agree that a large segment of Muslim population in the state, as elsewhere in the country, lives below poverty line. Their share in various economic support schemes has been very low compared to their proportion of population. Muslims in general and their womenfolk in particular are very backward—economically, educationally and socially. Thus, this single largest minority community is characterized by rampant poverty and illiteracy due to economic deprivation, educational backwardness and social discrimination.Various welfare schemes undertaken by the successive governments for the benefit of minorities over the last five decades could not help ameliorate the conditions of Muslims owing to either ineffective implementation or lax monitoring. On the other hand, the Muslim community finds itself pushed deeper into the vicious circle of socio-economic and educational backwardness now.All the same, the advancement of minorities in general and Muslims in particular requires attention from both the Union government and the state government. Various components that necessarily contribute to confidence building among minorities include education, economic development, eradication of sense of discrimination, social and cultural development, promotion of Urdu language and thrust on the all-round development of minority women, as was pointed out in the Congress manifesto.Almost 58 percent of the 70 lakh Muslims in the state reside in urban areas and the remaining 42 percent in rural areas, as per the 2001 census. Muslims account for 19.5 percent of the total urban population and 5.3 percent of the total rural population in the state. In all, 55.15 percent of the Muslims live in Telangana region, 24.20 percent in Rayalaseema and 20.65 percent in coastal Andhra.Going by the census data for 2001, the proportion of population in the 0-6 age-group is 14.9 percent among Muslims as against the average of 13.3 for all religious communities. The literacy rate among Muslims is 68 percent as against the state’s average of 60.5 percent. The male literacy rate among Muslims is 76.5 percent as against the state average of 70.3 percent. Similarly, the female literacy rate among Muslims is 59.1 percent as against the state average of 50.4 percent.However, the work participation rate among Muslims is, however, lower at 33.8 percent as against the state average of 45.8 percent. The work participation rate among Muslim males is only 50.1 percent as against the state average of 56.2 percent. The work participation rate among Muslim females is only 16.8 percent as against the state average of 35.1 percent. This means that much of the potential workforce in the Muslim community—both males and females—is idle. In other words, unemployment is higher among Muslims than the rest of the population in the state.The distribution of category of workers suggests that there are lesser numbers of cultivators and agricultural labourers among Muslims (that is, 7.4 percent and 21.8 percent as against the state average of 22.5 percent and 39.6 percent) mainly because the community is largely urban-based. Consequently, the proportion of household industry workers and other categories of workers at 6.1 percent and 64.6 percent is higher than the average of 4.7 percent and 33.1 percent for all communities.A number of research studies have shown that the minorities residing in the state are economically and educationally backward. A recent study by Commissionerate for Minorities Welfare on socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims only confirms what the previous studies and surveys have highlighted all along that an overwhelming majority of Muslims lives in abject poverty, social and educational backwardness.AP State Minorities Commission conducted a comprehensive study on the socio-economic conditions of minorities in the state wayback in 1989. A team led by Prof Abbas Ali of Osmania University conducted the study. The survey brought out the negligible share of Muslims in various sectors and all walks of life across Andhra Pradesh.There is no doubt that the living conditions, occupational profile, income and literacy levels and participation in social activities of Muslims have been quite pathetic. The 2004 study by the Commissionerate of Minorities Welfare has pointed out that almost two-thirds of the Muslims are living below poverty line with annual incomes below Rs 11,000 and another one-sixth of the Muslims are living in somewhat humane conditions with annual incomes of Rs 44,000 or below.The study by the Commissionerate of Minorities Welfare further revealed that most of the Muslims are engaged in petty business activity like running pan shops or chai dukaan, selling fruits or flowers or working as labourers in engineering workshops, watch servicing and repairs of radio and TV. The rural-based Muslims are mainly artisans. The study further noted that the socio-economic conditions of Muslims deteriorated over the decades due to poverty, illiteracy and inadequate representation in various fields of society.The recommendation for inclusion of Muslims among backward classes and provision of reservations for them in educational institutions and employment was made wayback in 1979 by the first chairman of AP State Minorities Commission Justice M A Ansari. The successive chairmen of the Commission have reiterated the recommendation over the last 26 years but without success.Both the Congress and Telugu Desam governments set up cabinet sub-committees on minorities welfare and launched several measures for socio-economic upliftment of minorities based on these reports. The Congress government headed by Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy issued the Government Order No. 86 in 1994, extending non-statutory benefits to Muslim students on the lines of backward classes.The Congress government constituted the AP Commission for Backward Classes through an enactment No.20 of 1993 to go into the requests for inclusion of various castes and communities, including the Muslims, in the list of Backward Classes. The BC Commission, with an initial tenure of three years, started functioning under the chairmanship of Justice K S Puttuswamy on March 31, 1994. The Commission was reconstituted for three more years from March 1997 and was given extension from time to time up to September 30, 2002.As many as 109 castes and communities, including Muslims, sought their inclusion as Backward Classes while 36 castes in the existing list of BCs sought change from one group to another. The BC Commission took almost eight and a half years to examine the claims and collect the data but could not finalise its report.Before we proceed further, let us briefly mention administrative and organizational set-up in place in the AP government for the welfare and development of the minorities. Andhra Pradesh is one of the few states to have a full-fledged Commissionerate for Minorities Welfare. The Commissionerate, with district minority welfare offices in 12 minority-concentrated districts in the state, is entrusted the task of implementing various schemes for the minorities and ensuring proper utilization of funds being earmarked by the government for the welfare of minorities, besides coordinating and supervising the activities of other bodies and institutions concerned with minorities.The Secretary to Government, Minorities Welfare Department at the Secretariat level, works as Ex-officio Commissioner, Minorities Welfare and he is assisted by an assistant commissioner at the state headquarters. Each district minority welfare office is headed by district minority welfare office, assisted by supporting staff.AP is also one of the few states to have a full-fledged Minorities Commission, an Urdu Academy, a State Minorities Finance Corporation and State Wakf Board.The AP State Minorities Commission was established in 1979 to ensure that the minorities are not discriminated against. The government accorded statutory status to the State Minorities Commission as per AP State Minorities Commission Act No. 31 of 1998 under the chairmanship of a retired judge of the High Court.The government in 1975 constituted the Urdu Academy, AP, with three regional centers at Vijayawada, Kurnool and Nizamabad to preserve and promote Urdu language and literature. The Academy has been undertaking a number of activities for the development of Urdu language. Besides providing scholarships to Urdu medium students and those studying Urdu as second language, the Academy extends financial assistance to Urdu libraries, undertakes translation of books of other languages in Urdu, publishes Urdu journals and gives away awards to best Urdu students and teachers.The three regional centers and 15 district centers run reading rooms and libraries, provide Urdu coaching and impart training in Urdu calligraphy. The Academy provides financial assistance to Urdu libraries and for printing of Urdu manuscripts, gives away lifetime achievement award, arranges grant-in-aid to organizations working for cultural development of minorities and runs 25 computer training institutes throughout the state to impart computer courses to minority candidates. As many as 570 Urdu-ghars-cum-shadikhnas (community halls) are being constructed all over the state for the convenience of minorities.The AP State Minorities Finance Corporation was established in 1985 to assist weaker sections of minorities for their economic development. The Corporation extends financial assistance under four schemes: economic assistance, Tatkal, micro credit and construction of worksheds. The Corporation is also entrusted the implementation of several other programmes, such as extension of non-statutory benefits like scholarships to minority students, development of minority women and children in urban areas, training and employment programmes and assistance to voluntary organizations for health camps etc.AP State Wakf Board is one of the biggest wakf boards in the country in terms of Wakf institutions numbering over 35,000 managed through mutawallies, managing committees and by direct management of the Board. The Wakf institutions have vast properties throughout the state. The Wakf Board has been striving for a long time to develop wakf properties. However, it encountered a number of problems on many fronts. The non-availability of requisite funds is one of the reasons for the inordinate delays in the development of wakf properties.The Wakf Board undertakes repairs, renovation, and protection of wakf institutions. It also prepares plans and schemes for developing of wakf properties. Under the provisions of Muslim Women (Divorce and Protection) Act 1986, the Wakf Board sanctions maintenance allowance to divorced Muslim women. The Board also looks after the maintenance of Haj House, constructed by the government at an outlay of Rs 10 crore to provide accommodation facilities to Haj pilgrims to stay in for completion of required international travel formalities for proceeding for Haj.AP government unveiled the Policy for the Advancement of Minorities in February 1996 and announced a comprehensive welfare package for minorities called “Roshni” in 1999. The government has also made Urdu as second official language in 13 districts. A Legislative Committee on Welfare of Minorities has been constituted to oversee the implementation of programmes for the welfare of minorities. A separate demand has been created in the state budget for activities and programmes meant exclusively for minorities.Reservations for Muslims in public employment and educational institutions was the key promise made by the Congress on the eve of 2004 Assembly elections. In fact, the Congress manifesto for the state spelt out 10 promises for the minorities. Though the government took the initiative to provide five percent reservations for Muslims through their inclusion in the list of backward classes in July 2004, the same could not be implemented as the matter ended in the AP High Court, which struck down the GO but directed that the issue be examined by AP Backward Classes Commission within a specified time-frame.The state government has reconstituted the AP Backward Classes Commission and given it the task of finalizing its recommendations on inclusion of Muslims in BC list for the purpose of reservations. The BC Commission is in the process of finalizing its report on issue of reservations for Muslims after assessing the socio-economic conditions of Muslims. The government has promised to implement a foolproof reservations policy for Muslims from the 2005-06 academic year.Among other things, the Congress has promised to revive the 15-Point programme for minorities announced by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and to put in place a monitoring mechanism devised by late Rajiv Gandhi for its implementation. The Congress also assured to safeguard the Muslim Personal Law and to take steps for implementation of Urdu as second official language in 13 districts. The Congress promised to substantially increase the budgetary allocations for Minorities Welfare.The state has made a budgetary allocation of Rs 49 crore for minorities welfare in the current year (2005-06) as against Rs 39 crore in the previous year. But the outlay for minorities welfare works out to not even one-tenth of one percent of the state budget. We have put forth our demand to the state government to increase this allocation to Rs 100 crore annually and progressively increase it further, since Muslims and other minorities constitute 11.2 percent of the state’s population and the state budget size is a whopping Rs 55,442 crore in the current year. Even the allocation of Rs 100 crore will only be a pittance, considering the gigantic size of the state budget and the appalling socio-economic conditions of Muslims.Even if the budgetary allocation for minorities welfare is raised to Rs 100 crore a year, it will only work out to one-fifth of one percent of the state budget. However, we believe that it will make a lot of difference to the minorities who are steeped in utter poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and other socio-economic problems. The previous Telugu Desam government had launched “Roshni” for the minorities but the Congress government has done little to spread the “Roshni” further.Among other things, the Congress manifesto assured that special measures would be taken to provide self-employment to youth among minorities through AP State Minorities Finance Corporation by additional allocations in the State Budget. Apart from release of margin money, the Congress promised steps for release of bank loans to the beneficiaries. But, nothing has been done to fulfil this promise. The investments in the Minorities Finance Corporation for economic assistance, Tatkal and micro-credit schemes have been pegged at Rs 14.10 crore both in 2004-05 and 2005-06.Our party has been demanding direct disbursement of scholarships to minority students and direct sanction of loans for self-employment schemes and anti-poverty programmes to minorities through the AP State Minorities Finance Corporation. In the old-age pensions also, a specific quota should be earmarked for the minorities. Thousands of elderly Muslim men and women are destitute and they are not cared for by anybody. The government must sanction old age pensions for them.To provide equal opportunities to minority women, the Congress had assured to constitute a separate minority women welfare corporation for their upliftment and improvement of educational and socio-economic conditions and for creation of employment opportunities. Now, this promise has been “dropped” on the ground that it was not found to be feasible. We suggest that the government must either provide additional funds to AP State Minorities Finance Corporation for the purpose or earmark a separate quota for assisting the minority women under the aegis of AP Women’s Cooperative Finance Corporation.While promising concrete and positive steps for educational development and welfare of minorities, the Congress has assured to establish one ITI, a polytechnic and a residential school for minorities in each district of the state. This promise, too, remains unfulfilled. Only the allocation for scholarships for minority students has been raised from Rs four crore in 2004-05 to Rs 10 crore in the current year.On the other hand, the allocations for other schemes such as development of minority women and children in rural and urban areas, integrated development minorities in Old city of Hyderabad and assistance to voluntary organizations for organizing health camps remain meager at a little over Rs two crore in the current year.The Congress promised to activate the minority institutions to encourage minorities to take up entrepreneurship and provide them necessary help for improving their levels of education. These institutions are supposed to provide vocational training to the minorities. But the overall allocations for schemes such as promotion of entrepreneurship among minorities, vocational training for minority women and youth, participation of minorities in competitive examinations and improvement of classroom performance of school children among minorities remains static at Rs one crore in the current year.The Congress has assured to safeguard and develop the wakf properties, to give executive powers to the Wakf Board on par with the Hindu Endowments Act and to provide funds for construction of shadikhanas and repairs to masjids, graveyards, etc. However, the allocations towards grants-in-aid to AP State Wakf Board for development of wakf properties and wakf institutions, maintenance of Haj House and assistance to Muslim divorced women remain static at less than Rs two crore. Only for the repairs and maintenance, the grants have been raised from Rs 3.29 crore to Rs 4.35 crore this year.So far as the AP Urdu Academy is concerned, the allocations remain static for awareness programme, cultural development of minorities, AP Open Urdu schools, and provision of infrastructure facilities in Urdu schools. Only for the promotion of Urdu, vocational training in Urdu computer education and for construction of Urdu ghar-cum-shadikhanas, the allocations have been raised to Rs 8.73 crore in the current year from Rs 5.4 crore in the previous year.Despite the previous government according second official language status to Urdu in 13 out of 23 districts in the state, this decision virtually remains on paper. There is no monitoring of the implementation of Urdu as second official language.The Congress government is yet to fullfil its promise to take effective steps for the implementation of Urdu as second official language. Hence, our party has requested the government to set up a separate cell in the Official Language Commission to monitor the implementation of Urdu as second official language.The Congress also assured that the allotment of houses for minorities in the weaker sections housing schemes would be according to their population in respective areas. The Congress has promised to construct 40 lakh houses under weaker sections housing programme in five years, including six lakh houses in 2004-05 and 6.5 lakh houses in the current year. Similarly, under the Rajiv Gruha Kalpa scheme, the government has proposed to take up two lakh houses around Hyderabad-Secunderabad and other major cities in the state.The weaker sections housing policy provides for earmarking seven percent of the houses for minorities in rural areas and 20 percent for the minorities in urban areas. We have told the government of the urgent need to strictly implement the quota earmarked for minorities in rural and urban housing schemes, since there are reports from the districts that this is not being done at present. We have demanded that the quota of 20 percent for minorities in urban housing programme should also be extended to Rajiv Gruha Kalpa scheme.Under the scheme for provision of house sites to weaker sections, the government has earmarked a quota of 10 percent for minorities but the district authorities are seldom following this stipulation. We are told that house-sites were distributed to 10 lakh beneficiaries in 2003-04 and two lakh in 2004-05. The target is for distribution of two lakh house-sites in the current year. We have represented to the government to strictly implement this quote for the minorities.The government runs as many as 1,429 hostels for the Backward Classes. Orders have been issued for three percent reservation to the minorities in the BC hostels out of the 10 percent quota earmarked for other communities. But this quota for minority students is not being provided in many hostels. We have urged the government to take immediate steps to enforce this quota for the minorities in the BCs hostels.For generating employment opportunities for the youth, the Congress government has revamped and renamed the Chief Minister’s Empowerment of Youth (CMEY) scheme as Rajiv Yuvashakti programme with a promise to cover one lakh youth during 2004-05 and another 1.5 lakh youth in the current year. Our party has demanded that a proportionate quota of 11 percent should be earmarked for youth belonging to minorities, mainly Muslims, under the Rajiv Yuvashakti programme.The state government created a record by distributing 1.55 lakh acres of land to 1.12 lakh landless poor on the Republic Day this year. But the minorities have hardly benefited from the scheme. Not even one percent of the beneficiaries belonged to minorities though they constitute 20 percent of the rural population. Another 50 lakh acres of land is available for distribution. We have asked the government to earmark 20 percent share for minorities in distribution of lands.The government has to do a lot to improve the condition of government schools in Hyderabad-Secunderabad, which are in very bad shape. Just as the Social Welfare, Tribal Welfare and Backward Welfare Departments are running residential schools and junior colleges for SCs, STs and BCs, we have requested the government to entrust the responsibility to Minorities Welfare Department to open and run exclusive residential schools for minorities. Alternatively, we suggested that specific quotas should be earmarked for minorities in the BC residential schools.There are 1.5 lakh acres of valuable lands attached to Wakf institutions throughout the state. The total value of the Wakf properties at prevailing market rates is estimated at Rs 36,000 crore. However, 81,591 acres of Wakf lands have been encroached in different places in the state. Two House Committees of AP Legislative Assembly, in their reports submitted in 1997 and 1999, have confirmed the encroachments.The state government has constituted the AP Wakf Tribunal under the Wakf Act, 1995, for determination of any dispute, question or other matter relating to a wakf or wakf properties. The tribunal has started functioning from September 1997 but it has proved ineffective in dealing with the menace of encroachments of wakf properties. We have asked the government to provide more powers to the tribunal so that it can evict the encroachers after summary trials. The government has commissioned a second survey of wakf properties in the state. The first survey was done in the 1960s. The second survey may provide authentic data on the encroachments on wakf properties now. But we are not satisfied with the 2nd Survey Wakf because the staff has no requisite qualification of Urdu knowledge and the measurements are not being taken with reference to relevant documents, revenue and other records. These defects should be rectified.The AIMIM has been demanding a substantial increase in budgetary allocation to Rs 25 crore to Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority, which was constituted by the government in 1981 as a special body for the accelerated development of civic amenities in the Old City of Hyderabad, which is currently home to over 15 lakh Muslims living in pathetic conditions. The previous Telugu Desam government neglected the Old City and QQSUDA.But there has been no increase in annual budgetary allocation for QQSUDA after the Congress came to power last year. Our party has sought higher financial allocations for QSUDA and a special package of Rs 100 crore for quicker implementation of developmental activities in Old City of Hyderabad, which will go a long way in upliftment of Muslims and upgradation of their living conditions in the state capital.We earnestly request you to consider all these issues and suggestions highlighted by us. We sincerely hope that you will take cognizance of the facts and data brought before you through this representation and make suitable recommendations while finalizing your report.
Thanking you
Yours truly
Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen

Asaduddin Owaisi Discussion regarding Communal Violence in different Parts of the Country in Parliament



Asaduddin Owaisi MP addressing local Residents after the blasts in Malegaon, Maharashtra


ASADUDDIN OWAISI Mp (HYDERABAD) : Sir, at the outset I would like to compliment the hon. BJP Member for being the devil’s advocate. I happened to go to Vadodara on the 8th of this month. I have even gone to the place where this Dargah stood once. If the municipal authorities were doing a work, why was there a need for the Mayor and the concerned MLA to be there? Why was there a need that all of them had to clap, all of them had to raise religious slogans when this Dargah was demolished? I fail to understand that.I went to the Government SSG hospital to see the 24 injured patients. Out of them, 23 belonged to the minority community. All of them had bullet injuries above the waist. I even went to the houses of the deceased. I do not know whether any of the hon. BJP Members had gone or not. What crime did Mohammad Rafiq Vohra had committed that in front of his house he was first attacked by swords, killed and then burnt? When his family telephoned the local police, the police asked them to go to Pakistan. It is there on record on NDTV. What crime had Ashfaq Ahamed committed that he was shot in the head? He used to work in a night showroom. What crime did Mohammad Ayaz - a boy of 17 years, a brother of three sisters - had committed? All this clearly shows the complicity, connivance, conspiracy, and open support by the Gujarat Government. But for their active support, this incident would not have happened. In the name of development, minorities have been destroyed.Under the Central Wakf Act of 1995, all Muslim places of worship, mosques, dargahs and graveyards are protected. How can any Government go and eliminate a wakf property? Has the concerned State Government conducted any proceedings? Has any order been issued? Nothing has been issued.We are talking about Gujarat only here. At the same time, on April 14, a bomb blast took place in Jama Masjid. I have a complaint here with the Government also. So far, not even a single person has been caught. A bomb blast took place in Benaras. Within 48 hours two youths were killed in an encounter in Delhi and one person was killed in Uttar Pradesh. After 25-30 days’ time, Maulana Waliullah and his associates were caught. Whenever a majority place of worship is attacked, immediately within 48 hours or even ten days five to six Muslim youths are killed in encounters. It happens as if you have a buffer stock of Muslim youths who can be killed any time. When Jama Masjid bomb blast took place, why was this not done? Who is responsible for the bomb blast in Jama Masjid? Why did Delhi Police have to say that it was not a terrorist act when it was a terrorist act? It is not found out as to who was behind that act.The next point is about Uttar Pradesh. We are talking so much about secularism over here. Fifty Muslim youths were hit above the waist in Aligarh. The National Minorities Commission has demanded a judicial inquiry. What action is the Government going to take?I was hearing the hon. Member from Shiv Sena. The hon. Home Minister represents that area, Nanded area. On 6th of April, 2006, a bomb blast took place in the house of Laxman Rajpodwar. They are known Bajrang Dal activists. It was a single bomb blast. Later on, Surya Pratap Gupta the Inspector General of Police of that area said that they were manufacturing bombs. The police confiscated a live IED bomb with a timer attached to it. It was a timer similar to the one that is used in the Jama Masjid bomb. So, who is responsible? Those people are known Bajrang Dal activists. Why is the Maharashtra Government not imposing the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act? What is stopping the Maharashtra Government from imposing that Act on them? Why is the Government of Maharashtra not requesting for a CBI inquiry so that the truth comes out? I am very surprised. Who is going to pay the price? In Ghatkopar bomb blast, Gateway of India bomb blast, all the people have been exoneratedI am really surprised that some upper caste chocolate boys do the demonstration in Mumbai; police do lathi charge; and an inspector is suspended.What about Ghatgopar bomb blast incident? Accused were exonerated. What about Nanded bomb blast incident? How many police people have been suspended? It shows that there is no value for a Muslim life over here.The UPA Government was formed to stop the obscurantist forces. It was a verdict against the communal forces. My main grievance and grudge is with this Government. We know what RSS stands for? Maybe, the Sangh Parivar is celebrating the centenary celebrations of Golwarkar and to pay huge tribute to him, they are indulging in all these activities.In Mahasamud district of Chhattisgarh, on April 23, 2006, a mosque was demolished. In fact, burnt. Koran scriptures were burnt over there. Who is responsible? But for the Sikh community, nearly 20 families would have been killed over there.Not only that, in Rajasthan, in Pali Town, Saint Milad-Un-Nabi procession was attacked. On 11th of April, in Kandura in Madhya Pradesh, Milad-Un-Nabi procession was attaked. There is an end to it.I would like to bring it to the notice of the hon. Minister that in Karnataka, in Budkal, Jagannath Shetty Commission has come out with its Report. There is a huge tension over there. I am bringing this to the notice of the hon. Minister that the Government should take immediate steps to ensure that this tension does not lead to communal riots.I would demand from the Central Government that it should pay compensation to the victims of Baroda. This Government should immediately come to the rescue. I know that it is a State subject. But people are asking that when Sikhs were killed, three lakh rupees were given as compensation, why not to Muslims. What is stopping the Central Government in giving monetary compensation to the people? I think, it is a very important issue.Justice Srikrishna Report is there. Secular Government is there in Maharashtra. The same person who used to say that if Justice Srikrishna Commission Report is implemented, Mumbai would burn. That man is in your Congress Party. Why do you not implement the Justice Srikrishna Commission Report. Nanded incident led this Government to pressurise the State Government there. Let them ask for a CBI inquiry in the Nanded incident. Bajrang Dal activitists were involved. These same people have committed crimes in Parbani and Jalna. I had been to the mosque over there. Unless and until the lives and liberty of minorities are safeguarded, this country cannot progress. If the feeling of insecurity is there, Sir, it is very bad for the nation. I hope the Government will take some corrective action.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi On G0 610 To The Group of Ministers on Implementation of Six Point Formula

MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Addressing a MiM held Public Meeting In Hyderabad.



Akbaruddin Owaisi' MiM floor Leader in Assembly reprsentation on GO-610 To The Group of Ministers on Implementation of Six-Point Formula Government of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad, A.P.

Dear Sirs , Subject: Memorandum from All India Majlis-e-Ittehaadul Muslimeenon the implementation of Girglani Commission Report—Regarding.With reference to the subject cited, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehaadul Muslimeen has decided to give this representation to the Group of Ministers on the implementation of Girglani Commission’s voluminous report on the gross violations of the Six-Point Formula, Presidential Order and the GO Ms 610 by the successive governments. At the outset, we express our serious concern over the gross injustice done to the hapless people of the backward Telangana region despite the assurances trotted out by the successive regimes to fully abide by the Six-Point Formula and Presidential Order on Public Employment. In fact, the successive governments have tended to aggravate the situation by actively pursuing policies and actions in clear violation of the provisions of the SPF and Presidential Order.Background:The chairman of the Group of Ministers—Shri M Satyanarayana Rao, Honourable Minister for Endowments—is well aware of the circumstances in which the SPF was announced and the Presidential Order was promulgated. The state had witnessed two violent agitations—firstly in Telangana region during 1969-71 and secondly in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema region in 1972-73—which claimed scores of innocent lives and led to untold repression on the people by the security forces.It may be recalled that Telangana Praja Samithi swept the Lok Sabha polls in Telangana in 1971 and Shri Satyanarayana Rao was among the 10 MPs elected on TPS banner out of the 14 in the region. The TPS contested the polls on the plank of separate Telangana state. Subsequently, Congress leaders in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, seeking separate Andhra state, spearheaded the Jai Andhra movement.During both these violent agitations, the AIMIM adopted a clear-cut stand against bifurcation of the state.
The AIMIM stood for an integrated Andhra Pradesh, much before the votaries of separate Telangana merged the Telangana Praja Samithi back into the Congress and the Jai Andhra protagonists had no qualms in rejoining the Congress. It was the AIMIM’s stand that was vindicated by the developments that followed both these separatist agitations.As you are aware, a political settlement was hammered out in the wake of these separatist agitations. The Six Point Formula was evolved by the AP leaders in consultation with the Central leaders and formally announced on 21-09-1973 with the avowed objective of removing the misgivings then prevailing about the future of the (integrated) state.The SPF, inter alia, provided for giving preference to local candidates to specified extent in the matter of direct recruitment to non-gazetted posts in certain categories, corresponding posts under the local bodies and the posts of tahsildars, junior engineers and civil assistant surgeons.
The same Point III of the SPF also provided for organizing the service cadres to the extent possible on appropriate local basis upto specified gazetted level to improve their promotion prospects.Furthermore, as per a clarificatory statement issued later, 80 percent of the Class-IV posts, 70 percent of the non-gazetted posts and 60 percent of the Gazetted posts are earmarked for local candidates. Necessary amendments were made to the Constitution by the Government of India through insertion of Article 371-D which, inter alia, authorized the President of India to make special provisions with respect to AP for equitable opportunities and facilities for the people belonging to different parts of the state in the matter of public employment and education.Consequent to the Constitutional Amendment, the Presidential Order -- AP Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order-- was issued on 20-10-1975. It was incorporated by the Government of AP in General Administration (SPF) Department Go Ms No 674 dated 20-10-1975. To facilitate the implementation of the Presidential Order on public employment, detailed instructions were issued in GO P No.728 (GA, SPF-A Department) dated 1-11-1975. GO Ms No 741 was issued on 7-11-1975 to regulate promotions etc.However, a severe blow was dealt to the government employees, particularly from Telangana, during the tenure of the then Chief Minister Shri Jalagam Vengala Rao (who incidentally hailed from Khammam district in Telangana) when he ordered the compulsory retirement of as many as 11,000 employees, taking advantage of the national emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi in June 1975. It is also another matter that most of the employees forcibly retired at that time happened from among the minority communities.
On the other hand, while implementing the SPF, three development boards were created. Shri C Jagannatha Rao was made chairman of Telangana Development Board. Shri K B Narasappa headed Rayalaseema Development Board and Shri R Dasaratharami Reddy became the chairman of Andhra Development Board. Dr M Channa Reddy, who headed the TPS earlier, was appointed as Governor of Uttar Pradesh in October 1974. Former Chief Minister Shri Kasu Brahmananda Reddy was inducted at Home Minister at the Centre.Another severe blow was administered to the government employees when, soon after the Telugu Desam Party came to power following the 1983 Assembly elections, the then Chief Minister Shri N T Rama Rao reduced the retirement age from 58 years to 55 years. Almost 58,000 employees were affected by this draconian and ill-conceived decision. Most of the employees who were retired en masse consequent to reduction in retirement age were from Telangana region.Incidentally, it was during Shri N T Rama Rao’s tenure that government employees from Rayalaseema region voiced their grievances over injustice done to them in the implementation of SPF. After the issue was discussed in the State Assembly in Februry1984, the then government constituted an All-Party Committee in March 1984 to examine the grievances being voiced regarding lapses in the implementation of SPF in relation to public employment and inequitable employment opportunities in the three regions.The brief of the All-Party Committee was to suggest measures to ally misgivings and to recommend ameliorative and corrective steps to ensure equitable opportunities in the matter of public employment and implementation of SPF. A four-member Committee of Officials was appointed in May 1984 to go into the issue and it submitted its report.
Thereafter, in August 1984, the then government decided to appoint a full-time One-man Commission with Shri V Sundaresan, retired IAS official, to examine and recommend measures for rectification of lapses in the implementation of SPF.The Rayalaseema Employees Association represented to the Officers Committee that their region (Zone IV) was deprived of 50,664 posts in violation of the Presidential Order. Telangana NGOs Union represented to the government on 5-12-1985, alleging largescale arbitrary allotment of non-local employees to local cadres and claiming that 40,000 employees of other regions were posted to the local cadres in Telangana region in violation of Presidential Order in Zones V and VI (Telangana).Neither the Officers Committee nor Sundaresan Committee established the veracity of these figures but admitted that there were gross violations of the SPF and the Presidential Order. GO Ms No. 610 was issued on 30.12.1985, inter alia, stipulating that the employees allotted after 18.10.1975 to Zones V and VI in violation of zonalisation of local cadres under SPF be repatriated to their respective zones by 31.3.1986, by creating supernumerary posts wherever necessary. The GO also stipulated that the departments of secretariat should complete the review of appointments/promotions made under the Presidential Order by 30-6-1986.A glaring lacuna is that no separate mechanism at the government level has been mooted to monitor the implementation of GO Ms 610. For the multifarious posts in various departments, action was to be taken at various levels by the government. In some cases, representations by the individuals or by their unions had to be made to the competent authorities for redressal of their grievances.
Virtually, no action was taken for repatriation of the employees belonging to other zones allotted to zones V & VI.Current situation:Thus, this is not the first time that the violations of SPF and Presidential Order on Public Services have been noticed. Such violations have virtually been going on since 1975 itself. The situation has worsened over the last three decades, with successive governments, particularly those belonging to Telugu Desam (firstly under N T Rama Rao and thereafter under N Chandrababu Naidu) flouting SPF and Presidential Order with impunity.Such blatant violations of safeguards for Telangana people have only served to arouse regional passions in this volatile, backward region. The process was repeated during Chandrababu’s tenure. After Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao raked up the issue of non-implementation of GO Ms 610 and started Telangana Rashtra Samithi to fight for the cause of separate Telangana state, the then Telugu Desam regime had no option but to sit up and take notice.As you are aware, the then government convened an all-party meeting on the implementation of SPF in Zones V & VI pursuant to G O Ms No 610 on June 15, 2001. Subsequently, the government constituted the One Man Commission with Shri J M Girglani, retired bureaucrat, on June 25, 2001 to enquire into the implementation of GO Ms 610 and to suggest follow-up action for rectification of defects, anomalies and deviations.
The issue was raised as calling attention motion under rule 74 in the State Assembly on 29.12.2001 on the implementation of the SPF. The members were agitated over the non-implementation of the GO issued way back in 1985 and they pointed out that injustice was done to the locals in the matter or appointments due to non-implementation of the GO. On their demand, a House Committee was constituted to go into the issue of non-implementation of GO Ms 610 and suggest measures for repatriation of non-local employees to their respective regions (coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema).The House Committee, headed by the then Telugu Desam member R Prakash Reddy, in its interim report submitted on 17-3-2003, pointed out several violations of SPF in the matter of recruitments to the zonal posts in Excise, Police, Stamps and Registration, Education, Housing, Panchayat Raj, Irrigation and Industries Departments. In its second report, the House Committee recommended repatriation of 4,700 constables of the city police who were identified as “non-locals.”In fact, the second report was submitted days before the dissolution of the previous Assembly on November 14, 2003 and hence it could not be pursued. The House Committee unanimously recommended that the non-locals, who were appointed in the posts earmarked for the locals, against the SPF, should be repatriated to their respective zones with immediate effect. Prakash Reddy recently admitted that the legal adviser to the previous government had misled the House Committee on the violations.For more than two decades since 1983, there has been a general ban on recruitment to public services in the state, except in Education Department, Police Department and the Medical and Health Department.
The successive governments have only been recruiting teachers, police personnel and medical staff while filling up some vacancies in the other departments. Much of the recruitment in the Education, Police and Health Departments has been done in violation of the Presidential Order.Similarly, many vacancies at higher levels were filled up in various departments either through promotions or transfers, in utter violation of SPF.Moreover, due to en masse retirement of government employees consequent to the reduction in retirement age in 1983 and the annual attrition in staff strength on account of the retirement of employees on attaining age of superannuation, thousands of employees have retired in the last two decades. The vacancies at higher levels were filled through promotion and transfers but the vacant posts at the lower levels have remained unfilled. Thus, more violations of SPF and Presidential Order have taken place in the matter of recruitment, promotions and transfers in these years, thereby causing grave injustice to the local people of Telangana region.It is difficult to quantify the data on the number of non-locals recruited, promoted or transferred in violation of SPF and on the continuance of non-locals in local posts in violation of GO Ms 610 in Telangana region.
According to the Joint Action Committee of Unions of Telangana Employees, Teachers and Workers, Telangana people have lost about two lakh jobs on account of wilful violations and non-implementation of SPF, Presidential Order, Gentlemen’s Agreement and Mulki Rules by the successive governments in the last five decades since the formation of Andhra Pradesh on November 1, 1956.Girglani Commission Report:The Girglani Commission submitted its preliminary report on 6-10-2001 on implementation of GO Ms 610. The Commission submitted its final report on the deviations in the implementation of the Presidential Order and making suggestions on safeguards to set right injustices and anomalies. The Final Report, comprising 716 pages spread over three volumes, was handed to the government on September 30, 2004. The Assembly’s winter session was held in December 2004 but the state government chose not to table the report in the House at that time.Four-and-a-half months after the Final Report was received, the government laid it on the table of the Assembly on February 16, 2004. The brief, one-page action taken report merely mentioned that the government has constituted the seven-member Group of Ministers to examine the Report. The first meeting was held on 11-1-2005 and it was decided to communicate the Report to all the departments of secretariat for their examination and to furnish their suggestions/proposals pertaining to their departments.Normally, the ATR indicates the follow-up action taken by the government on the findings and recommendations of an Inquiry Commission appointed under the Commission of Inquiries Act.
In the instant case, the only follow-up action that the government has taken is the nomination of a group of ministers and dispatching the copies of the reports to the departments at the Secretariat level. This explains the callousness and casual approach of the Congress government, which promised in the poll manifesto on the eve of 2004 Assembly elections to implement the GO Ms 610 in letter and spirit.
Only the Home Minister Shri K Jana Reddy and the Home Department have evinced some interest in initiating action on the Girglani Commission’s findings and suggestions. The Home Minister announced recently that the government has decided to repatriate to their home districts as many as 3,150 police personnel who have been working in Hyderabad and Cyberabad commissionerates in violation of SPF and GO Ms 610.
The Home Minister, however, clarified that such repatriation would be done in phases to avoid administrative, departmental and legal problems. Moreover, no methodology or time-limit has been specified for repatriation of personnel to their respective zones. It is unfortunate that other ministers and departments have maintained stoic silence on the issue and not taken any action on the Girglani Commission report so far.Our party sees Girglani Commission report as “an eye-opener” on the gross injustice done to the people of Telangana region all these decades. Our party gives credence to the contention of TNGOs Union that as many as 60,000 non-locals from other regions are working in various departments in Telangana region in violation of SPF, Presidential Order and GO Ms 610. It is our considered view that the Presidential Order on reservations to local candidates has been grossly violated in Telangana and thousands of ‘settlers’ have grabbed the government jobs in Hyderabad, Rangareddy and other eight Telangana districts.
It is all the more painful to note that those who have been wilfully denying rightful employment to locals in Telangana in the name of an integrated AP have chosen to subvert the work of Girglani Commission in various ways. Not even one-third of the 134-odd departments furnished data to Girglani Commission. If all the departments had extended their full cooperation, the Commission would have brought to light startling facts on the injustice meted out to Telangana since the formation of Andhra Pradesh on November 1, 1956.Our views on specific findings of Girglani Commission:The Commission had received representations from associations and individuals with regard to injustices done in the enforcement of the Presidential Order and not merely in the implementation of GO Ms 610. The Commission gave its findings on each representation separately to the concerned departments with a request to take action and intimate the same to the Commission. Regrettably, the Commission did not receive any reports of compliance in any case from the departments concerned.We fully concur with the suggestions of the Commission that a regular nodal or monitoring agency like the General Administration (SPF) Department should be entrusted with the responsibility of follow-up action on the proceedings issued by the Commission on individual petitions.The government should act immediately on the suggestion of the Commission by addressing all the departments that the concerned authorities must comply with the findings of the Commission and report such compliance to General Administration (SPF) Department. This responsibility can be passed on to the special monitoring cell announced by the previous government in July 2003.The Special Cell was mooted to receive complaints/petitions on the violations of GO Ms 610 which provides for repatriation of non-local government employees working in Telangana region contrary to provisions of the SPF. To do its job effectively, the Cell needs to be empowered to redress genuine complaints about transgression of GO Ms 610. It must have the powers to rectify irregularities in respect of appointments, transfers and promotions. Our party endorses the recommendation of the House Committee on GO Ms 610 that all recruitments, transfers and promotions in the government departments should be cleared by the Special Cell.The Girglani Commission has pointed out numerous instances wherein the Presidential Order was ignored, skirted, bypassed or circumvented through wrong application or misapplication of some provisions. All the deviations, contraventions and violations noticed by the Commission in the course of its inquiries, hearings and meetings have been listed out in detail. The Commission has brought out as many as 150 different types of deviations or ‘maladies’ which have occurred over the years, covering the tenures of many regimes, mainly through seven sources.
Moreover, the Commission has given its findings and suggested appropriate remedial action for each specific deviation.We endorse the Commission’s recommendation that there should be immediate and effective action on the Commission’s proceedings on individual petitions. We also endorse the Commission’s suggestion that there should be immediate an effective action to put an end to the various deviations so that in the future, the Presidential Order would not be subverted either deliberately or through unpardonable ignorance. Also, strong deterrent action should be instituted against officials if there is any indication of gross lapse, mala fides, bias, favouritism or recalcitrant persistence in deviations on their part.The Commission noted that a very important cause for the violations of SPF and Presidential Order has been the absence of any mechanism for either ongoing control or monitoring system or inspections, lack of post-factor monitoring system and absence of a nodal agency to guide and control the implementation of the Presidential Order.
Absence of a legislative committee like Public Accounts Committee for monitoring the implementation of SPF also tended to create an attitude of indifference and callousness with a sense of immunity and impunity in the implementation of the Presidential Order over the last three decades.In particular, we are fully in agreement with the Girglani Commission on its recommendation pertaining to mechanism to ensure implementation and monitoring of Presidential Order (Chapter-14, page 183 of First Volume of Final Report). The Commission has suggested that the fundamental safeguard for the Presidential Order would be to categorically declare through a government order the sanctity and immutability of local character of a post or category of posts as on 18-10-1975 and the scope of the Presidential Order as originally promulgated on 18-10-1975.The Commission has spelt out the framework of safeguards and suggested immediate and impact measures as well as long-term measures. These have been elucidated in detail and the government will do well to follow these suggestions in letter and spirit. The Commission noted that no safeguards would work unless there is Big Brother watching.Therefore, we endorse the Commission’s recommendation that this vigilance role should be entrusted to a House Committee. At the political executive level, the Commission has suggested constitution of a permanent Cabinet Sub-Committee to oversee the implementation of the SPF. Instead of a special monitoring cell, the Commission has recommended the constitution of an Implementation and Monitoring Authority consisting of experts.In summary, the key suggestions of the Girglani Commission should be considered favourably by the State government and necessary follow-up action initiated without further loss of time so that justice is done to the people of Telangana and the gross violations of the Presidential Order and SPF are rectified at the earliest. Also, repatriation of non-locals unauthorisedly working in government posts in Telangana region should be taken up immediately.We demand that (a) a permanent accountability authority for the entire SPF should be established on the lines of Development Councils in the North-eastern Hill states; (b) a permanent accountability commission should be appointed for SPF like AP BC Commission, AP SC/ST Commission, AP Human Rights Commission, AP Official Language Commission and AP Minorities Commission; and (c) a Legislature Committee on the lines of existing Committee on Public Accounts, Committee on Estimates ac Committee on Government Assurances should be established to have an ongoing scrutiny regarding the strict implementation of the Presidential Order.The Commission has suggested that there should be a system of fixing responsibility and taking disciplinary action in the case of deviations from the Presidential Order.
The AP Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalisation of Staff Pattern and Pay Structure Act 1994 makes violation of this enactment by any officer a criminal offence punishable upto six months of imprisonment. This Act also stipulated penalty for the administrators who violate the Act.These stringent provisions were made in the Act because it involved vital economic aspects of the state. In the same way, the Girglani Commission has recommended a similar legislation on SPF since the Presidential Order involves vital political aspects of the state. The government should initiate action against the officials responsible for gross violations of Presidential Order on recruitments by suspending them and launching criminal proceedings against them.First and foremost, the government must take action to stop further deviations and to set aright the maladies, before resuming the normal process of recruitments and promotions. Our party demands the constitution of a separate Telangana Public Service Commission to fill up all the vacant posts in the region by selecting local candidates. Till the TPSC is set up, fresh appointments should be stopped.Our party also supports the other demands of the JAC of Unions of Telangana Employees, Teachers and Workers for 100 percent appointment of local candidates in the district posts, zonal posts and zonal gazetted posts and for earmarking 40 percent quota in the Secretariat as well as in 204 departments/state-level directorates/commissionerates for Telangana employees. Our party demands that GO Ms 610 should be implemented in all the departments—and not merely the Home Department—without further loss of time.We also demand the immediate revival of the Regional Development Boards for the three regions of the state which were abolished without rhyme or reason by the previous Telugu Desam Party government during the stewardship of the then Chief Minister N T Rama Rao in 1983. The earlier Congress government headed by Dr M Channa Reddy had promised to revive these Boards but nothing happened. The Chandrababu Naidu regime had to inclination to revive these Boards. But the Congress government must fulfil the popular demand for revival of these Boards immediately.While thanking the Cabinet Sub-Committee on GO Ms 610 for convening this All-Party meeting and affording us the opportunity to present our views on the Girglani Commission report, we earnestly hope that the Cabinet Sub-Committee will take our suggestions seriously and initiate necessary follow-up action. With regards,
Akbaruddin Owaisi
AIMIM Floor Leader