Azam forms panel to study Sachar report progress

The process to form the committee was set in motion soon after the visit of Union Minister for Minority Affairs K Rehman Khan in May. He said the Sachar Committee had made 72 recommendations for the uplift of Muslims. Of these,the Union government did not accept three and could not implement three others while the remaining 66 recommendations have been implemented.

The SP government,too,claims that it has implemented most recommendations of Sachar Committee that were its responsibility.

“Several recommendations,like nomination of Muslim members in unrepresented local bodies,government boards and corporations,have been fulfilled by the state government. We will be preparing a list of such recommendations that have been implemented ,” a committee member stated.

The recommendations that have been implemented will be highlighted as achievements of the state government.

The committee will also find ways for recognition of degrees from madarsas for eligibility in competitive examinations. It will also work out mechanisms whereby madarsas can be linked with a higher secondary school board so that students wanting to shift to a regular and mainstream education can do so after having passed from a madarsa as recommended by Sachar Committee.

The Samajwadi Party,in its election manifesto,had promised that those recommendations of Sachar Committee and Ranganath Mishra Commission which can be implemented by the state government will be implemented across the state at the earliest. For the remaining recommendations,the SP will exert pressure on the Centre for their implementation.

Besides Leena Jauhri,other committee members include Director of Minority Welfare Abrar Ahmed,Tanveer Ahmed and Haseeb Ahmed,both special secretaries in the Law Department,Mushtaq Ahmed,advocate,and Afaq Ahmed,OSD to cabinet minister Azam Khan.