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Haj subsidy ends: BJP plays to Hindutva gallery but there is no real money for minority welfare
Sandipan Sharma • 7 years agoSince there is unlikely to be any actual saving, only the government can explain how it intends to spend the money diverted from the Haj subsidy on welfare schemes?
Haj subsidy scrapped: K Palaniswamy says Tamil Nadu government to urge Centre to reconsider decision
• 7 years agoTamil Nadu government will urge the Centre to reconsider its decison on scrapping the Haj subsidy, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said.
Haj subsidy scrapped: Welfare policies only for Muslim girls will perpetuate appeasement politics
Tufail Ahmad • 7 years agoThe Narendra Modi government's decision to end Haj subsidy — the nature and amount of which Mecca-bound Muslim pilgrims never knew — has been welcomed by Muslims and non-Muslims alike. India is a secular state.
Centre scraps Haj subsidy: How policy changed under successive governments before SC asked govt to end practice
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe central government on Tuesday announced that there will be no subsidy for Haj from this year.
CPM says Centre's 'sudden withdrawal' of Haj subsidy arbitrary, motivated by other considerations
• 7 years agoThe CPM on Wednesday alleged that the government's move to withdraw the subsidy for Haj was "arbitrary and motivated by other considerations."
CPM says scrapping of Haj subsidy 'arbitrary and motivated by other considerations'
• 7 years agoThe CPM alleged that the government's move to withdraw the subsidy for Haj was "arbitrary and motivated by other considerations".
Asaduddin Owaisi slams BJP for calling Haj subsidy form of vote bank politics, questions funds given for Hindu pilgrimages
• 7 years agoAttacking the BJP for calling Haj subsidy a form of Muslim appeasement and vote bank politics, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday claimed the party's government in Uttar Pradesh gave funds for pilgrimages and wanted to know if that would be stopped.
Haj subsidy withdrawn: Asaduddin Owaisi asks BJP whether funds for Hindu pilgrimages will be stopped
• 7 years agoAttacking the BJP for calling Haj subsidy a form of Muslim appeasement and vote bank politics, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday claimed the party's government in Uttar Pradesh gave funds for pilgrimages and wanted to know if that would be stopped.
Centre withdraws Haj subsidy: VHP lauds decision, says savings must be used for education of poor Hindu girls
• 7 years agoThe Vishva Hindu Parishad on Tuesday welcomed the Centre's decision to withdraw the Haj subsidy and said the money saved from it should be utilised for the education of poor Hindu girls.
Central ministries to hold meeting with stakeholders on new Hajj policy on 2 November, to discuss abolition of subsidy
• 7 years agoMinistries of minority affairs and external affairs are expected to discuss the Centre's proposed Haj policy as also suggestions received from stakeholders