Congress senior leader and TPCC minorities declaration draft committee chairman Mohammed Ali Shabbir said that the minorities declaration of Congress would guarantee the empowerment of minorities in Telangana with an allocation of ₹5,000 crore in the budget.
Some of the important suggestions received by the committee include an increase in the minorities welfare budget to ₹5,000 crore, a minorities sub-plan on the lines of SC, ST Sub-Plans, hike in the budget for marriage scheme, he said while speaking to reporters along with TPCC vice-president and committee’s convener Zafar Javeen, AICC secretary Mansoor Ali Khan, Shaik Abdullah Sohail among others.
Mr. Shabbir Ali said that more than 150 suggestions were received through online and offline modes, and they included 15 prominent Muslim organisations. He said that representatives of several prominent Muslims, Christians, Jains, Dalit Muslims and others participated in the open session.
