Cong To Reach Out To Minorities With Special Schemes

New Delhi: Congress is banking on minority- oriented schemes like those providing medical aid, skill development and promoting leadership among women to reach out to Muslims ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

With a view among party members that more needs to be done to publicise government schemes, Congress plans to publicize the benefits of schemes like 'Jiyo Parsi' (long live Parsis), 'Seekho Aur Kamao' (Learn and Earn), 'Nayi Roshni' (new light) among the minorities.

The Congress is also betting on steps like access to credit, wakf reforms and recent initiative like formulating a new health scheme for minorities under Maulana Azad Education Foundation for providing medical aid to cover critical ailments of minorities.

An amount of Rs 100 crore has been earmarked for 2013-14 under the current scheme.

The Congress leadership held a meeting with 200 odd representatives of minority groups to seek the views and demands of minorities at the grassroots level for inclusion in the party's poll document for the Lok Sabha polls.

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