Andhra Pradesh: Minorities asked to utilise schemes

Guntur: AP minister for social welfare N. Ananda Babu praised Moulana Abul Kalam Azad saying he was instrumental in providing good education in India by becoming the first education minister. The 129th birth anniversary of Azad was celebrated at Guntur on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion he asked the public, mainly the minorities to get educated which would aid development. He claimed that Telugu Desam is working for the welfare and development of minorities and released welfare schemes.

In a separate programme organised by Muslim Hakkula Porata Samithi at SC Corporation hall, AP Food Corporation chairman J.R. Pushparaj praised Azad as a patriot who kept India united. He said that Azad emphasised on the importance of education to the public by starting educational institutions. Guntur Zilla Parishad chairperson S.K. Johny Moon stated that the education system and policy proposed by Azad swiftly developed India after independence. YSR Congress state secretary Gulam Rasool, Congress leader S. Rohit and others were present.