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Jamal Siddiqui urges Centre to raise quota for Mah Haj pilgrims

| @indiablooms | Mar 10, 2019, at 05:59 pm

Mumbai, Mar 10 (UNI) Maharashtra state Haj committee newly chairman Jamal Siddiqui on Sunday urged the central government to increase the quota for Haj pilgrims of Maharashtra as Saudi government has recently granted an additional quota of 25 thousands piligrims to India.

Speaking to media persons here, Siddiqui said that a minimum ten thousand quota should be increase as the people from various state migrated in Maharashtra and are permanently residing in the state.


He said that presently state has quota of 12700 per annum - is much less than the minority population.


He also said that beside Haj services shortly state haj committee will start Umrah services also which will be much more cheaper than the private tour operator.

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