Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced that ₹1 lakh will be given as a wedding gift to the Muslims under Dulhan scheme soon after the TDP-BJP-JSP alliance comes to power in Andhra Pradesh.
“The TDP alone can ensure welfare of Muslim minorities and it is our top priority,” Mr. Naidu asserted while participating in the Ramzan festivities organised at Nidadavole in West Godavari district on April 11 (Thursday).
Recalling the initiatives taken during the TDP term for the welfare and development of Muslim minorities in the State, Mr. Naidu listed, among others, the setting up of the Muslim Welfare Corporation and Urdu University in Kurnool, and declaration of Urdu as the second official language.