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Popular
Front to Stage Protest March at Indian Parliament to press demand for Muslim
Reservation on Mar. 15
New Delhi, March 14 (Pervez Bari): Popular Front of India is taking out a
Parliament March here in New Delhi on Monday (March 15) to press the demand
for reservation to Muslims in Federal Government services and in admission to
educational institutions in India.
The March will start from Mandi House area at 11 am and culminate at Jantar
Mantar where a public meeting and sit-in will be held.
In addition to national and state leaders of Popular Front, prominent persons
including community leaders, members of Parliament, journalists and human
rights activists will join the march and address the public meeting. The march
is expected to be largely attended by people drawn from Delhi and the
surroundings. But all states from Rajasthan to Manipur and from Tamil Nadu to
Delhi were represented by delegations.
According to Popular Front general secretary K. M. Shareef a delegation of
Popular Front will later submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister urging an
early executive order earmarking 10 per cent reservation for Muslims in
central services and educational institutions.
Meanwhile, it may be mentioned here that a campaign for Muslim Reservation is
going on under the auspices of Popular Front of India during the months of
February and March. Various public awareness programs such as street meetings,
vehicle caravans, rallies, seminars, street plays, pamphlets, posters,
exhibitions and cultural shows were held state wide in Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
Pondicherry, Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Manipur, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi. The
campaign meetings and rallies witnessed large turnout of masses in all parts
of the country. (pervezbari@eth.net)
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