Centre working hard to implement Sachar recommendations

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee claimed that the Central government is working hard for the development of the minorities.

Speaking at a function to distribute clothes to the poor at Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district on Sunday,Mukherjee said the Centre is trying hard to implement the recommendations of Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee for the upliftment of the minorities.

The finance minister visited Furfura Sharif along with Sultan Ahmed,Union Minister of State for Tourism. Ahmed said efforts were on to improve the road condition and other facilities at Furfura Sharif and plans are afoot to include it on the tourist map of Bengal.

Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Partha Chatterjee said his party would do everything to ensure the proper implementation of the Sachar Committee recommendations. Local Trinamool leader Idris Ali,one of the organisers of the function,demanded the setting up of a hospital in the area.

Mukherjee also lauded Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. She has taken over just a few months ago,but has already done a lot for everyone and has given special emphasis to the upliftment of the minorities. She has delivered on most of the promises, he said.

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