Muslims seek burial grounds in all mandals
The Hindu
‘Chief Minister should also allocate land for construction of mosques’
Andhra Pradesh State Minorities Finance Corporation Limited Director Mohammed Nasir on Thursday urged Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to allocate land for burial grounds for minority community. A total of 39 co-opted members of various municipalities, mandal praja parishads and Zilla Parishad of the Vizianagaram district met here and discussed about various grievances of the community.
Speaking as the chief guest, Mr. Nasir said that final rites could not be performed as per Islamic customs with the lack of burial grounds in many mandals and villages. He has also urged the Chief Minister for allocation of lands for mosques since many families were unable to offer worship collectively. Mr. Nasir said that Mr. Jagan ensured respectable number of representation for Muslims in local bodies. Several co-opted members vowed to strengthen the party in their mandals.
The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.