Delhi revenue minister A.K. Walia on Wednesday said that he would take up the issue of hike in Haj quota for the city with the Central government.
Dr Walia on Wednesday undertook a draw of lots to select 719 aspirants for Haj pilgrimage out of 6,889 applicants. Delhi power minister Haroon Yusuf was also present on the occasion.
Speaking on this occasion, Dr Walia said that the city government has been implementing a number of schemes for development of minorities. Dr Walia further said that holy Haj pilgrimage is considered to be a dream of every member of the Muslim community.
“The government will try to ensure that maximum number of the members of the community could avail this auspicious opportunity. The government has given its green signal to those 255 applicants who have been applying for the last three years consecutively. Further 447 aspirants have also been given green signal as they are over 70 years of age. In addition to this those five applicants have also been selected who could not perform Haj last year due to certain technical difficulties despite being selected,” Dr Walia said.