Samajwadi Party (SP) Rajya Sabha member Chowdhry Munnawwar Saleem on Tuesday called on President Pranab Mukherjee and demanded to cancel the Haj quota of private tour operators (PTOs) in view of Saudi Arabian Government’s move to slash 20 per cent quota for India.
Saleem apprised the President that the quota for the country set by Saudi Arabia was 1.25 lakh that has been cut short by 20 per cent due to some difficulties faced by that country. Of the total quota 45,000 seats are given to the PTOs and rest is allotted to the state governments. The PTOs quota is utilized by rich people who need to go through any procedure, they just need to have thick bank balances and that all, whereas those applying through state governments have to went through lottery for getting chance to fulfill their lifetime pilgrimage wish, he added.
He said that hence we demand that in view of the Saudi Arabia government move to cut short 20 per cent quota the quota for the state governments should not be disturbed as through them those persons goes for the pilgrimage who really are interested for it, not like those who go through PTOs for prompt and show.
“Moreover the state government’s follow transparent system of lottery for the pilgrims, many of the Haj aspirants get chance after applying for 2-3 years, hence your intervention is sought so that in the name of quota cutting the poor should not be axed as they gets chance with very difficulty after passing through a transparent system instead PTOs quota should be reduced,” he added.
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