[Reader-list] a debate on jaipur visit of justice Sachar.

[aasim khan]

DEar everyone:
On the 4th of september,Tavleen Singh wrote an article
in the Indian Express,about a committee headed by
Justice Sachar touring jaipur. To quote her:

"In the name of strengthening secularism the Prime
Minister constituted a ‘‘high-level committee to
prepare a report on the social, economic and
educational status of the Muslim community of India’’.
The committee was notified on March 9, 2005 and is
headed by that ancient ‘‘secular’’ warhorse, Justice
Rajinder Sachar. The committee consists of an even
number of Hindu and Muslim members and has as its
Member Secretary an economist by the name of Dr Abu
Saleh Shariff." 

Here I am quoting from aletter I came across addressed
to justice Sachar himself ,the writer is a muslim
friend of mine from Jaipur.

Kindly read he article by Ms.  Singh in the Indian
Express and also the following text.
cheers
Aasim.


Respected Justice Sachar Saheb,

	"...no Muslim Minority institution for Technical and
Professional Degree Courses of MBBS, BDS, B-Tech, MBA,
MCA in Rajasthan. The Muslim population in Rajasthan
is 8.5% of the total population of the State. The
Muslim Community in Rajasthan is more backward than
other Communities of the State socially, educationally
and economically because prevailing higher rate of
illiteracy and lowest  percentage in Higher and
Technical education of the Muslims in the State. The
representation of the Muslims in Government Services
is hardly 1-2 %. Less than 1% Muslim ladies complete
their education up to graduation level and the same is
the condition of Muslim Males in Technical &
Professional Degree Courses.

	Due to lack of education, unemployment and living
condition in the Ghettos. Muslims have outnumbered
other communities in their involvement in the criminal
activities in North India including Rajasthan. The 30%
of the total inmates in Tihar Jail are Muslims. Out of
total 6 detainees under National Security Act (NSA) in
Rajasthan 5 are Muslims. These detainees have no
charge of having any connection with foreign
mercenaries or terrorists but have involved in the
serious crimes against persons of their own community
or neighbors regularly for many years. The total
number of anti social elements in Rajasthan are
approximately 3,000 out of which more than 50 %  are
Muslims which is extra ordinary higher to the
proportion to their population e.i 8.5 % in the State.
It shows a very alarming situation of involvement of a
Minority community in criminal activities hence steps
should be taken to improve the Social, Educational and
Economical conditions of the Muslims to control the
further deterioration of the present situation because
peace and harmony is the necessity  for the
development of any State and the Nation. 

In spite of very poor condition of Female Education in
Muslim Community no serious efforts have been made so
far for the improvement to curb this menace e.g. the
Muslim population in the Jaipur (Capital) District is
9.3% of the total Muslim population of the State but
in the First year in Government Maharani College in
Science Faculty only 7 Muslim Girls got admission out
of 650 seats and in Commerce Faculty only 8 Muslim
Girls got admission out of 538 seats in the year
2005-2006. It shows the main reason of the
backwardness of the Muslim Community in the State and
also indicates no further improvement in the present
pathetic condition of the community in the State as
still there are no serious efforts to improve the
situation.
The representation of the Muslim Males in the Higher
education which is useful for employment is very poor
e.i. 1-2% and there is no hope of improvement in it in
the near future due to lack of serious efforts in this
regard also. The Total number of Muslim students
admitted in First year in the Government Maharaja
College, Jaipur (Capital) in Science Faculty is only 6
out of total 835 seats and in the Government Commerce
College the number of Muslim students got admission is
only 13 out of total 1225 seats in the year   2005-06.
This is the present situation in the most developed
city and the Capital of the State where 9.3% of Muslim
population resides and the picture of the condition of
the higher education of the Muslims in the rest of the
State of Rajasthan may be easily drawn by looking into
it.      
The technical education among Muslim students both in
Girls and Boys is much less than other communities as
they can not compete with the students of other
communities due to lack of coaching and prevailing
adverse environment condition for study in the Muslims
localities due to poor economic and social conditions
and due to lack of separate reservation provision for
them in the admission like ST, SCs. The Malviya
National Institute of Technology has selected 879
students for different engineering courses this year,
out of which only "4" students are Muslims. 
There is separate reservation provision in Education
and Services in the southern States for Muslims hence
the population growth of Muslims in Kerala, Karnatka,
Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh is much lesser than Hindu
Population growth in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Utter
Pradesh and Bihar. It indicates clearly that the
education is must for the all round development of any
Community as education effects all spheres of life but
it is also true that only the community can not change
it's backwardness without the support of the State.
The State can play a vital role to improve the
condition of the educationally backward communities by
making mandatory provisions in the Rules and Act
regarding admission in the education institutions
separately for them as has been proved in the case of
ST and SCs. 
.
Recently a meeting of the Education Ministers of all
the States of the Country after the judgment of the
Hon'ble Supreme Court regarding reservation and
admission process in the unaided technical and
professional Colleges was called by the Ministry of
HRD and all States have been directed to submit there
proposal by 15th September, 2005 in this regard it is
submitted that looking into the above mentioned
present condition of the Muslims representation in
higher and technical education, it is the fact that
Muslims as a whole is the most backward community and
there is not a single technical and professional
course institution of the Muslims in most of the
States of the Country as is the case of the Rajasthan
and the same condition prevails except few States
where the separate reservation for Muslims have
already been made for admission and services also. 
In your last visit to Jaipur you have seen yourself
the pathetic condition of the Muslim Community in the
Capital, the most developed city of the Rajasthan and
how the Muslims labour due to lack of education are
exploited and even not getting  the benefit of the
Developmental Schemes exclusively meant for them due
to their less representation in various Government
Department/ Corporations. Sir now you can easily
imagine the condition of the Muslims in the remote
area of the State.

So it is most humbly requested to you that please
submit a proposal to the Minister of Human Resource
Development, Government of India up to 15th September,
2005 to consider all Muslims as the educationally most
backward caste and separate provision for reservation
in the technical and professional institutions should
be made for them in the forthcoming provisions of the
act in the interest of the national development as
well as Muslims also..."


 	  


		
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