Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 12

As the financial condition of the people belonging to the minority community has dwindled in the border state due to the Covid-induced restrictions, they are finding it difficult to provide quality education to their wards.

The representatives of minority communities alleged that the schools established by the minority community also do not inform them about various facilities being provided by the Central and state governments to them. Therefore, they also dither from providing these facilities to them.

They were holding a meeting with Emanual Nahar, chairman, Punjab Minority Commission, here on Saturday. Amritsar’s Member Parliament Gurjit Aujla, chairman, Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, Raj Kumar Verka and MLA Sunil Dutti were also present on the occasion.

Taking serious note of this, Nahar said the minority commission would write to these schools to keep seats reserved for the minority community children. He said due to the pandemic, the economic condition of the minority people, a majority of whom live below poverty line, has dwindled.

Aujla, while speaking on the occasion, said due to ill-conceived policies of the Central Government, there was a sense of insecurity among the minority communities and he assured that he would raise the issue in the Lok Sabha. He said the inflation has seen a sharp rise during the BJP rule.

Verka said he would take up their issues with the Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and it would be raised in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha as well. He said Amritsar Improvement Trust has already issued Rs25 lakh for the construction of a community hall of the minority community.