KCR working for welfare of Muslim: Errabelli

Warangal, April 3 (Maxim News): Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao has conveyed his greetings to the Muslim community on the occasion of commencement of the holy month of Ramzan.

The minister said that prayers and fasting being observed by the Muslims during the holy month would result in harmony, peace and happiness.

The Minister said that after the formation of Telangana state, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had launched a trend of celebrating festivities on a large scale, wishing that the Telangana would always remain the practice of Ganga–Jamuni Tehzeeb, the spirit of brotherhood among people from different religions.

Errabelli said the financial allocation for the welfare of Muslim community has been increased drastically and the allocated amount during the last seven years was Rs.5,700 crore since the formation of Telangana state, where as the budget for the Muslim welfare was only Rs 812 crore between 2008 and 2012 years.

Reminding that the Chief Minister has launched a Shadi Mubarak scheme for the welfare of Muslim community, the Minister said the State government was constructing an Islamic centre cum convention hall in ten acres land at Kokapet Hyderabad and about Rs.40 crore has been earmarked for the completion of the project.

Moreover, the State government was giving Rs 5000 monthly honorarium to those Imams, who are working mosques across the Telangana State. (Maxim News)

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