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IF YOU ARE A HINDU …
Justice Sachar
Salman Khurshid
QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE BOOK
THE MAJORITY REPORT
by
Ram Kumar Ohri, IPS (Retd.)
Jai Prakash Sharma, IPS (Retd.)

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IF YOU BELONG TO A MINORITY THEN
In violation of the Indian Constitution you are given
• Grant of 25 lakh pre-matriculation scholarships to students
whose parent’s income < Rs. 1 lakh p.a. and Marks > 50%.
•Post matriculation scholarships whose parent’s income < Rs 2
lakhs and Marks > 50%.
•Interest subsidy on student loan if parent’s income < Rs 4.5
lakhs p.a. C,B,S literary rates exceeds Hindu rate of 65.1%.
SC/ST/OBC too not entitled.
•Daughters given scholarship of Rs 12,000 if parent’s income less
than Rs 1 lakh p.a. and Marks > 55% in 10 th exams.
•Merits cum Means 20,000 scholarships. If non-competitive exam
students to get > 50% in HSC/graduate level.
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IF YOU BELONG TO A MINORITY THEN 2
• M.Phil/PhD students in science, humanities, engineering,
technology – 756 fellowships provided.
• Start new business or industry, you put in 5% of project cost
as Margin Money, bal 35% by NMDFC at 3 %. Bal 60% at
rate i.e. 2% lower than charged to Hindus.
• Education Loans at 3% from NMDFC, Hindus is 12-14%.
• 2012 budget speech Rs 4.5 crs provided for free bicycles to
girls above 9 th standard.
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SALMAN KHURSHID BOASTS
• During 11 th Plan 1,42,12,566 scholarships were awarded to Minority
students against target of 93,37,539
• In 2011-12 minority scholarships awarded to 51.38 students against target
of 34 lakhs. Cost Rs 616 crs.
• Post-matric scholarships to 7.02 lakh students against target of 5.25 lakhs.
• Merit-cum Means scholarships 20,000 fresh + renewal of 22,971 an all time
high.
• In 2011-12 Free Coaching n Allied Benefits Scheme Rs 15.96 to 7,340
students against target of Rs 16 crs.
• Total cost of 1.42 crs scholarships Rs 2710 crs.
• Area Development in Minority dominated districts-allocated Rs 2740 crs,
spent Rs 2942cr
• During 11 th Plan Priority Sector Lending increased from 10.60% in 2007-08
to 14.83%.
• Total PSL as on 31/12/11 Rs 154,790 crs. Govt funding of NMDFC Rs
977 crs.
• Corpus of Maulana Azad Education Fund increased by Rs 550 crs to Rs
750 crs and Govt equity in NMDFC by Rs 500 crs to Rs 875 crs.
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THUS SALMAN KHURSHID ACHIEVES
3 important milestones
• Minorities who constitute nearly 20% of India’s population
become a Privileged Class.
• Deprived poorer sections of Hindu society a fair share in
scholarships, cheaper loans and development.
• Has condemned Hindus to the status of third class citizens
when they constitute 80% of the population.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE MAJORITY
COMMUNITY
IN ANY COUNTRY BEING TREATED LIKE THIS.
• Secularists SILENT!!
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STATE GOVTS TAKE CUE, FOLLOW CENTRE
• Nitish Kumar 2007 starts Mukhyamantri Alpasankhyaak Vidyarth
Protasahan Yojana. Rs 10,000 to every M student who passed High
School exam of Bihar University in 1 st class.
• Akhilesh Yadav all Muslim girls get Rs 30,000 for further studies or
Nikah. Rs 250 cr supplementary grant given in Nov 2012 for this
purpose.
• Yadav gave Rs 200 crs for maintenance of Muslim graveyards in budget.
• Mamta announced salary of Rs 2,500 p.m. to Imams – struck down by
Kolkatta HC.
• In April 2012 Didi announced free bicycle to every 9-11 th class school
going Muslim girl.
• In Nov 2011 Sheila D raised the quantum of cheaper loans from Rs 1 to
Rs 5 lakhs for entrepreneurs of minority communities.
Question – Are Muslims actually so backward and poor
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SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS
Educational Differentials
Prof. Sanjay Kumar of CSDS
Seminar Paper Sep 2, 2006, I.I.P.A., New Delhi
Hindus
Muslims
Christians
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SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS
Data About Economic Status
Was available in public domain before finalisation of Justice Sachar’s Report to
Prime Minister in November, 2006. Why Ignored by Justice Sachar & Salman Khurshid
35%
30%
25%
20%
‘Percentage of ‘very poor’ Hindus in 2004
was higher by 7% than ‘very poor’ Muslims
and 3% higher than among Christians. No
wonder, most starved and emaciated
beggars at road crossings of Indian cities
are “very poor” Hindus.
15%
10%
5%
0%
Very Poor Poor Low Income Middle Income HigherIncome
Source: National Election Studies Survey, 2004, by Centre for Developing Societies cited by Prof.
Sanjay Kumar in his Seminar Paper titled ‘Social and Economic Status and Public Perception of
Muslims’ circulated in a seminar on September 2, 2006, at the prestigious Indian Institute for Public
Administration, New Delhi.
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SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS
Why did Salman Khurshid ignore poorest Hindus
•Spectacular decline in Poverty among Muslims vis a vis Hindus between 2004-05
and 2009-2010 was highlighted by Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat & Amaresh Pandey in
their research study presented in a seminar jointly organised by Planning
Commission and United Nations Program (UNDP) on October 24-25, 2011, in
Claridges Hotel, New Delhi. The poverty reduction found by the 2 scholars
among religious groups was as follows :
• Among Muslims 7.6%
• Among other religious minorities (ORMs) 7.2%
• Among Upper Caste Hindus 4.5%
• Among Scheduled Tribes 5.2%
• Among Scheduled Castes 4.2%
•Salman Khurshid, Justice Sachar & members of the NAC must explain why
unwashed daughters and sons of poorest 34-35 crore Hindus living below the
poverty line (estimated as per Prof. Tendulkar Report norms), were denied share in
20 million scholarships showered on Muslims and 4 other minorities. The said
report concluded that 37.2% Indians were living below the poverty line (nearly 35
crore BPL Hindus).
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RATIONALE FOR EXCLUDING HINDUS
• Sikhs, Christians, Parsi, Buddhists are significantly ahead of
Hindus in all indicators of Human Development esp in
economic and financial status. Not asked for grants but given.
• They do not constitute even a vote bank BUT
• To justify grants to Muslims and to Unite the 5 communities
against the Hindu community was the real reason for these
sops.
Article 15 (1) of the Indian Constitution stipulates
• “The state shall not discriminate against any citizen on
grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or
any of them”.
• Constitution does not define the word Secular and Minority.
Made them the most abused words in Indian Today
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JUSTICE SACHAR NAILED AT THE U.N.
S Thorat/A Dubey of JNU presented paper in Oct 2011
• Rate of decline in Poverty per annum between 1993-94 &
2009-10
• Muslims 2.8%
• Hindus including SC 2.4%
• Scheduled Tribes 2.1%
• Christians, Jains, Sikhs 3.4%
• In same period Rate of growth for Monthly Per Capita
Expenditure
• Hindus and Muslims 1.9%
• Other Religious Minorities 3%
• SC and ST 1.7%
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
• The word Secular should be defined in the Indian Consitution.
• It should as Morarji Desai’s Govt proposed to mean ‘Equal
respect for all Religions’
• All Indians should be treated equally and given same rights.
• Thus Hindus should have a right to Manage their Temples and
use temple collections for the benefit of the Hindu community
• The word Minority should be defined in the Indian
Constitution.
• Govt schemes should be based on the economic status of a
citizen and not religion.
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A REQUEST & PRAYER ON OUR LIPS…
An attempt has been made to boldly put together bare facts.
We hope that these true facts will speak for themselves and
expose the falsehood of Sachar Report. We are available for
offering clarifications and providing more inputs during a
public discussion any time.
Prafull Goradia, Dr Subramanian Swamy,
Ram Kumar Ohri & Jai Prakash Sharma
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IT IS TIME TO STAND UP AND
PROTEST AGAINST WANTON
DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST THE POOREST HINDUS.
THANK YOU.
Presentation by
Ram Kumar Ohri, IPS (Retd.)
Jai Prakash Sharma, IPS (Retd.)
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