KCR ASSURANCE TO LEADERS OF JAMAT-E-ISLAMI

Caretaker Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao assured leaders of the Jamat-e-Islami that his party would maintain its secular credentials even after the elections and would not join hands with the BJP.

Both sides held discussions for more than three hours on issues concerning the Muslim community.

The eight-member delegation was led by its TS unit president Hamid Mohammed Khan and submitted a charter of demands and sought an assurance from Mr Rao that the TRS would not support a BJP-led alliance.

Mr Rao assured the delegation that the demand for a subplan for the minorities would be included in the party’s manifesto. He also accorded the demand to upgrade institutions up to degree-level run by the Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS)' and compulsion of Urdu as a second language in degree for the recruitment of posts in it.

Mr Rao also assured them that appropriate share would be given to Muslims in municipal corporations, municipalities and other boards and corporations.

They demanded that more than 100 institutions be added under TMREIS.

Jamat-e-Islami suggested that Mr Rao constitute a panel to monitor the budgetary allocations and flow of funds to various schemes which was accepted by the latter.