Mr. Abu Saleh Shariff, a renowned policy planner and development economist, who is popularly known as the resource person of the Sachar Committee Report, while introducing his book, Institutionalisation of Constitutional Rights, at All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat’s headquarters on 19 May said Institutionalisation of Constitutional Rights is a book that can help understand the political will of the government and a way forward after the findings of the Sachar Committee Report. It talks about questioning ability to find out the truth, pressure groups to monitor funds allocated and its implementation and our duties and responsibilities.
Mr. Navaid Hamid, President All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, while welcoming the guest, said that Abu Saleh Shariff was the main force towards the realisation of Sachar Committee Report. Hamid also briefed some achievements of Mushawarat like after he was named president many persons and organisations who had left Mushawarat for one reason or the other have now returned to its fold. He further said that Mushawarat is credited with the idea of a common minimum programme which we generally talk about.
While opening up the discussion, he said that from here onwards the role of our females becomes very important and they should be encouraged in decision making and move shoulder to shoulder with men in order to accelerate the pace of the development of the communities. According to him, the book is a systematic evaluation of policies of the government and its implementation and provides a logical frame work to capitalise on as what next after Sachar Report. The book also takes account of the claims made by various departments of the government regarding minorities and how hollow it turns out to be in absolute terms.
To him, the establishment of Ministry of Minority Affairs was a futile exercise because it was politically aimed at isolating Muslims further from the mainstream. He also informed that he would in the coming days try to identify 10 to 15 youths from each district and train them so that they become a monitoring force or a pressure groups for the community and for this he has asked the community leaders and organisations to come forward and support this meaningful initiative which will have qualitative impact on the community in the long run. Shariff, in his reply to a question, told Radiance that our mosques are best platform of the concept of civil society and in many places particularly in South a mosque does serve this purpose. It is not only a mosque but a complete organisation.
District-wise Pressure Groups Need of the Hour: Abu Saleh Shariff
Mr. Abu Saleh Shariff, a renowned policy planner and development economist, who is popularly known as the resource person of the Sachar Committee Report, while introducing his book, Institutionalisation of Constitutional Rights, at All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat’s headquarters on 19
