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Government committed to the cause of minorities : Naqvi

| | Aug 19, 2017, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS) : Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) & Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that the NDA Government is committed to empowerment of Minorities with dignity.

Addressing a cheque distribution programme of GMDFC and GHDFC at Gandhinagar,  Naqvi said “Empowerment without Appeasement”, “Inclusive Growth” and “Antyodaya” (commitment to take benefits of development to the last person of the society) is our agenda.

Naqvi said that Minorities, Dalits, farmers, women and every other sections of the country have played an equal role in nation building.

There is no place of any type of discrimination against any religion, caste, community in this agenda.India's uniqueness is its unity in diversity, “Sarva Dharm Sadbhav”. Secularism is in the DNA of India, he said.
 

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