Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) organized Mulsim Rally at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on March 4, 2010. LJP Chief Ram Vilas Paswan and other leaders of the party participated in the rally.Speaking on the occasion, Ram Vilas Paswan said minorities would have to be brought into the mainstream to strengthen the country.
"If the country is to become a super power the socio-economic and political situations of the minorities, required to be improved," he said.
Paswan said LJP was playing the role of a catalyst to make policy makers incorporate necessary changes to help the Muslim community which share the "fate of Dalits in the development matrix".
He also demanded a separate 10 per cent quota for Muslims in government jobs. He also asked for evolving a mechanism to ensure that funds allocated for development of minorities were fully utilised.
The rally had been organised to give a message to the Muslims that LJP was "solidly" behind them and would fight for the improvement of their community. Among others who addressed the rally were LJP national vice-president Ahmad Ashfaque Karim, Dalit Sena chief Ramchandra Paswan and Pashupati Kumar Paras (MLA).
He also demanded a separate 10 per cent quota for Muslims in government jobs. He also asked for evolving a mechanism to ensure that funds allocated for development of minorities were fully utilised.
The rally had been organised to give a message to the Muslims that LJP was "solidly" behind them and would fight for the improvement of their community. Among others who addressed the rally were LJP national vice-president Ahmad Ashfaque Karim, Dalit Sena chief Ramchandra Paswan and Pashupati Kumar Paras (MLA).
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