By IndiaTomorrow.net,
New Delhi, 22 Jan 2015: With an aim to rejuvenate the Muslim community which is “at the crossroads of victim-hood, deprivation and a desire to rebuild their destiny,” a National Muslim Social Leadership Summit is being organized on 13-15 in New Delhi.
“The community at large is in a churning process in post-Sachar era. Empirical reviews suggest Muslims are lagging in all spheres of development including education, employment, income and assets. The Sachar Committee Report had shown our place to us and had given us responsibility to initiate dialogue, plan strategies and work vigorously to achieve goals,” says eminent social activist Navaid Hamid.
The main thrust of the summit, says Mr. Hamid, will include “engaging the young upcoming social leaders and planning for future strategies for concentrated efforts to achieve goals.”
After the Sachar report, the then Congress-led UPA government had launched some initiatives between 2009 and 2014 to address various aspects of the Muslim deprivation. “However a review of all programmes suggests that the minority-concentrated programs have not even made a dent in many areas,” says Mr. Hamid, former Member of central government’s National Integration Council, and adds that the summit will explore avenues under the current regime of BJP.
“The installation of new government of BJP and its allies at center with a massive mandate & promise for ‘inclusive development’ has opened new avenues for self introspection for the community & chalking strategies for safeguarding its interest as mandated by the constitution and also deliberating on ensuring a kind of working relation with new government as once in power government does not represent any particular section but all citizens irrespective of region, religion, caste & ethnicity,” says Mr. Hamid who is organizing the summit under the banner of his outfit Movement For Empowerment Of Muslim Indians.
The three-day summit will be held at India Islamic Cultural Centre.
