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Revision as of 13:36, 4 March 2007 by 128.83.114.37 (talk) (rv)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Rajinder Sachar Committee, appointed by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India was a High Level Committee For Preparation of Report on Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community of India prepared its report in November 2006 and tabled in Parliament on 30 Nov 2006. It has come-up with this report with suggestions and solutions to include and mainstream Indian Muslims. Headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar, there were six other members : Shri Sayyid Hamid, Dr T.K. Ooman, Shri M.A. Basith, Dr Akhtar Majeed, Dr Abu Saleh Shariff and Dr Rakesh Basant. The report is available from the Indian Goverment site.
It is the first of its kind report and it suggests adoption of suitable mechanisms to ensure equity and equality of opportunity to Muslims in residential, work and educational spaces.According to Sachar Committee report the status of Indian Muslims are below the conditions of Scheduled Castes and Tribes.
The Sachar report is highly controversial in that it has received substantial criticism, including allegations of bias in the media coverage concerning the report. Indian media expert Dasu Krishnamoorti has criticized the media coverage of the report. He criticizes the claims made in the media that the fault of the plight of the Muslim lays squarely on the Hindus and the Congress Party as politically motivated in favor of the Muslim community and encouraging "emotional segregation that hardly helps Muslims share the Indian miracle".The report stand criticized for misrepresenting data and figures, bias and "misrepresenting inequities". Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party have also criticized the report as "distorted, politically motivated and dangerous", also pointing out that proposals of special reservation given to Muslims would harm the country, and criticized the UPA Government's endorsement of the report as a snub to their previous efforts to help the Muslim community. BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said that the tone and texture of the Sachar Committee "has a striking similarity to the Muslim League of pre-independence era. Unfortunately, the government is irrationally following a policy of blind populism which threatens to divide the nation."
References
- Clarification On the Work of Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee
- Media Response to Sachar Report, Dasu Krishnamoorthy
- ' Sachar Report, Myth and reality,Rediff.com
- ^ BJP criticized govt on Sachar report,Rediff.com
- BJP leader criticized Sachar report,The Hindu