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| Record number of pilgrims will go to Haj this year without any subsidy: Naqvi | | | |  New Delhi 23 April
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that for the first time after the independence, a record number of Muslims from the country will go to Haj this year without any subsidy.
Naqvi added this year a total of 1,28,002 pilgrims will go through Haj Committee of India which includes about 47 percent females.
Speaking at a function in Mumbai, the Minister said, the Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has succeeded in getting India's Haj quota increased for the consecutive second year.
He said that for the first time Muslim women from India will also go to Haj without a male companion. | | | | |
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