Narendra Modi bats for BC Muslims
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO
Published Apr 17, 2017, 12:54 am ISTUpdated Apr 17, 2017, 6:42 am IST
He said more inclusiveness was needed for backwards among the Muslim community.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PIB Twitter)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PIB Twitter)
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the BJP to reach out to the backward sections in the Muslim community over his effort to accord Constitutional status to the OBC Commission.
Mr Modi made an intervention during a discussion on a party resolution on his government’s Bill to accord Constitutional status to the OBC Commission, in his speech on the concluding day of the party’s two-day national executive meeting in Bhubaneswar.
He said more inclusiveness was needed for backwards among the Muslim community.
He noted that some backward sections in the community enjoyed OBC quota benefits, and such a commission will look into their concerns as well.
Union minister Prakash Javadekar said, “MPs, including those from the Congress, had met PM Modi in Parliament and urged him to take steps to grant Constitutional status to the OBC Commission. The OBC Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha. But in the Rajya Sabha, the Congress blocked it. It is really unfortunate,” the minister said.
The PM said the new Bill meant to give Constitutional status to the commission, was meant to replace the National Commission for BCs set up in 1993.
“In many regions, there are Muslims who are backward. The party and governments should ensure that they benefit from the new commission,” the PM said.
“PM Modi’s speech at national executive meet was also about Jan Dhan, Jal Dhan and Van Dhan.”
4.45 pm: Modi also accused the Opposition of “concocting new issues”, with regards to the EVM tampering.
“Opposition is concocting new issues in a factory of some kind. During Delhi Elections, church attacks was highlighted and during the Bihar polls ‘Award Wapasi’ was the issue. And right now it is the EVM,” the Prime Minister said during the meeting.
Modi also called on the BJP leaders to maintain caution while making statements and to not get carried away with emotions and make untoward remarks.
4.40 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the BJP to reach out to poor Muslims, who have not benefitted much in all these years.
Making an intervention during the BJP national executive meeting here, Modi said there even Muslim communities have backwards, who are the most marginalised, and it was a duty for the BJP to take the fruits of development to them.
Modi’s outreach to backward Muslims come amidst the backdrop of a move to accord constitutional status to the OBC commission. The Lok Sabha has passed a related bill, but it got blocked in the Rajya Sabha.
4.30 pm: Muslim women are facing difficulties on the issue of triple talaq, we should work for a solution at the district level: ANI quotes Prime Minister Modi as saying. He also stressed on the need to move forward with the formula of New India. “We will not move slowly but fast.
PM Modi asks BJP leaders to work for poor Muslims, slams Oppn over EVM row
INDIA Updated: Apr 16, 2017 20:50 IST
Kumar Uttam and Rajesh Mahapatra
Kumar Uttam and Rajesh Mahapatra
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneshwar
PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Lingaraj temple in Bhubneshwar, India on Sunday.(Arabinda Mahapatra )
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked fellow BJP members and supporters on Sunday to reach out to poor Muslims and marginalised sections of society, and accused the Opposition of finding fault with the electronic voting machine (EVM) ahead of municipal polls in New Delhi. (Highlights)
The Prime Minister was speaking at the BJP national executive meeting in the Odisha capital.
Modi said that Muslim communities have backward classes, who are the most marginalised, and it was the BJP’s duty to take the fruits of development to them.
His outreach to backward Muslims follows a move to accord constitutional status to the other backwards class (OBC) commission. The Lok Sabha has passed a related bill, but it got blocked in the Rajya Sabha.
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He said Muslim women have been facing difficulties on triple talaq, an Islamic practice that allows the husband to divorce his wife by uttering talaq thrice.
“We should work for a solution at the district level,” new agency ANI quotes Modi as saying.
He stressed the need to move forward with the formula of New India. “We will not move slowly but fast.”
Besides, the Prime Minister took the opportunity on the second day of the party meeting to hit out at the Opposition.
“The Opposition is concocting new issues in a factory of some kind. During the Delhi elections, Church attacks were the highlights and during the Bihar polls ‘Award wapsi’ was the issue. And right now it is the EVM,” he said.
Modi asked BJP leaders to maintain caution with their public remarks and not get carried away with emotion to make untoward remarks. “If there are any complaints, then the matter should be passed on to the party leaders who will convey it to me,” he said.
Become a ‘true pan-India party’
The Prime Minister asked them to not get excited over victories in the recent state assembly elections — especially in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand — and ensure they keep the momentum going.
“The BJP will launch a special campaign for those 120 Lok Sabha seats which have been out of our reach,” he said.
The Prime Minister praised party president Amit Shah as the ideal model of an able strategist.
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For his part, Shah said the BJP’s golden era will begin only when it has chief ministers in every state and held power from panchayats to Parliament.
“Don’t be complacent. Let’s become a true pan-India party to showcase not only the BJP’s success, but make India great in the committee of nations,” he told party leaders.
The BJP meeting in Odisha is significant as the party seeks to wrest power from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which has been ruling the eastern state for the fourth consecutive term.
The Prime Minister held a 9km road show in Bhubaneswar soon after arriving at the city airport.
(with inputs from ANI)
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO
Published Apr 17, 2017, 12:54 am ISTUpdated Apr 17, 2017, 6:42 am IST
He said more inclusiveness was needed for backwards among the Muslim community.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PIB Twitter)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PIB Twitter)
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the BJP to reach out to the backward sections in the Muslim community over his effort to accord Constitutional status to the OBC Commission.
Mr Modi made an intervention during a discussion on a party resolution on his government’s Bill to accord Constitutional status to the OBC Commission, in his speech on the concluding day of the party’s two-day national executive meeting in Bhubaneswar.
He said more inclusiveness was needed for backwards among the Muslim community.
He noted that some backward sections in the community enjoyed OBC quota benefits, and such a commission will look into their concerns as well.
Union minister Prakash Javadekar said, “MPs, including those from the Congress, had met PM Modi in Parliament and urged him to take steps to grant Constitutional status to the OBC Commission. The OBC Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha. But in the Rajya Sabha, the Congress blocked it. It is really unfortunate,” the minister said.
The PM said the new Bill meant to give Constitutional status to the commission, was meant to replace the National Commission for BCs set up in 1993.
“In many regions, there are Muslims who are backward. The party and governments should ensure that they benefit from the new commission,” the PM said.
“PM Modi’s speech at national executive meet was also about Jan Dhan, Jal Dhan and Van Dhan.”
4.45 pm: Modi also accused the Opposition of “concocting new issues”, with regards to the EVM tampering.
“Opposition is concocting new issues in a factory of some kind. During Delhi Elections, church attacks was highlighted and during the Bihar polls ‘Award Wapasi’ was the issue. And right now it is the EVM,” the Prime Minister said during the meeting.
Modi also called on the BJP leaders to maintain caution while making statements and to not get carried away with emotions and make untoward remarks.
4.40 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the BJP to reach out to poor Muslims, who have not benefitted much in all these years.
Making an intervention during the BJP national executive meeting here, Modi said there even Muslim communities have backwards, who are the most marginalised, and it was a duty for the BJP to take the fruits of development to them.
Modi’s outreach to backward Muslims come amidst the backdrop of a move to accord constitutional status to the OBC commission. The Lok Sabha has passed a related bill, but it got blocked in the Rajya Sabha.
4.30 pm: Muslim women are facing difficulties on the issue of triple talaq, we should work for a solution at the district level: ANI quotes Prime Minister Modi as saying. He also stressed on the need to move forward with the formula of New India. “We will not move slowly but fast.
PM Modi asks BJP leaders to work for poor Muslims, slams Oppn over EVM row
INDIA Updated: Apr 16, 2017 20:50 IST
Kumar Uttam and Rajesh Mahapatra
Kumar Uttam and Rajesh Mahapatra
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneshwar
PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Lingaraj temple in Bhubneshwar, India on Sunday.(Arabinda Mahapatra )
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked fellow BJP members and supporters on Sunday to reach out to poor Muslims and marginalised sections of society, and accused the Opposition of finding fault with the electronic voting machine (EVM) ahead of municipal polls in New Delhi. (Highlights)
The Prime Minister was speaking at the BJP national executive meeting in the Odisha capital.
Modi said that Muslim communities have backward classes, who are the most marginalised, and it was the BJP’s duty to take the fruits of development to them.
His outreach to backward Muslims follows a move to accord constitutional status to the other backwards class (OBC) commission. The Lok Sabha has passed a related bill, but it got blocked in the Rajya Sabha.
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He said Muslim women have been facing difficulties on triple talaq, an Islamic practice that allows the husband to divorce his wife by uttering talaq thrice.
“We should work for a solution at the district level,” new agency ANI quotes Modi as saying.
He stressed the need to move forward with the formula of New India. “We will not move slowly but fast.”
Besides, the Prime Minister took the opportunity on the second day of the party meeting to hit out at the Opposition.
“The Opposition is concocting new issues in a factory of some kind. During the Delhi elections, Church attacks were the highlights and during the Bihar polls ‘Award wapsi’ was the issue. And right now it is the EVM,” he said.
Modi asked BJP leaders to maintain caution with their public remarks and not get carried away with emotion to make untoward remarks. “If there are any complaints, then the matter should be passed on to the party leaders who will convey it to me,” he said.
Become a ‘true pan-India party’
The Prime Minister asked them to not get excited over victories in the recent state assembly elections — especially in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand — and ensure they keep the momentum going.
“The BJP will launch a special campaign for those 120 Lok Sabha seats which have been out of our reach,” he said.
The Prime Minister praised party president Amit Shah as the ideal model of an able strategist.
Read more
BJP’s golden era will begin when we rule from panchayat to Parliament: Amit Shah
Bypoll lesson: A united Oppn only way to defeat PM Modi’s BJP
For his part, Shah said the BJP’s golden era will begin only when it has chief ministers in every state and held power from panchayats to Parliament.
“Don’t be complacent. Let’s become a true pan-India party to showcase not only the BJP’s success, but make India great in the committee of nations,” he told party leaders.
The BJP meeting in Odisha is significant as the party seeks to wrest power from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which has been ruling the eastern state for the fourth consecutive term.
The Prime Minister held a 9km road show in Bhubaneswar soon after arriving at the city airport.
(with inputs from ANI)
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