Two premier minority welfare bodies, one a Government of India affiliate and the other, a Telangana Government concern, lock horns over murky allegations of sexual harassment, irregularities and impropriety, politicisation of institutions, and moving courts of law.
The National Commission for Minorities (NCM), a statutory body associated with the Ministry of Minority Affairs, and the Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS), an agency of the Telangana Government, have been sparring with each other for quite some time.
In February, NCM officiating chairperson Shahzadi Syed, who had contested the 2018 Assembly polls on a BJP ticket against MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, landed in Hyderabad to convene a meeting with TMREIS staff at Dilkusha Guest House over allegations of impropriety, which had appeared in sections of the media, in recruiting outsourced staff.
