Stalin urges Modi to re-include Chennai as Embarkation Point for Haj pilgrims
The Hindu
In the wake of the Haj Committee of India removing Chennai from the list of Embarkation Points for pilgrims, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi see
In the wake of the Haj Committee of India removing Chennai from the list of Embarkation Points for pilgrims, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to include the State capital as one of the embarkation points.
In his letter to the Prime Minister, Mr. Stalin pointed out that over 4,500 Haj pilgrims from Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands used Chennai as the Embarkation Point during 2019, an official release said. Even pilgrims from Karnataka and Kerala had used Chennai as the Embarkation Point.