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Submitted by admin4 on 6 March 2013 - 5:50pm

Indian Muslim

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,



Kolkata: On the eve of General Panchayat Elections, 2013 in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has tried to send the ‘right’ signals to the Muslim community. Kolkata Police has recruited 18.9 percent Muslim constables out of total 2354 this year.



On March 1, days before the announcement of holding Panchayat elections, WB CM released the final list of new recruitments in the Kolkata Police.







In all a total of 445 Muslims will now wear the uniform out of 2354. This is one of the highest figures of Muslims appointed on the post in a single year in a long long time. In the 1970s, Chief Minister Shiddhartha Shankar Ray had issued a circular to recruit at least one Muslim constable in every Police Station in the state to increase the proportion of Muslims in state police service.



Sachar Committee Report, however, acknowledged that there percentage remained hovering to meager 3 %, although according to the 2011 Census Muslim comprises of 27% of the state total population.



After coming to power in West Bengal, Banerjee passed a bill providing 17 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government jobs in two different categories. Category OBC-A for 'more backward classes' provides 10 percent seat reservation while other category OBC-B for 'backward classes' provides seven percent seat reservation in government jobs.



Now 144 communities comprise of the OBC list. OBC-A category comprises of 66 communities that include 59 Muslims. Of total 78 communities in OBC-B category, 28 are Muslims.



Kolkata Police has a separate recruitment board `Kolkata Police Recruitment Board’. This board finally released a list of 2354 constables and lady constables list on March 1. In unreserved category successful candidates were 1153, SC category 576, ST category 176, Ex-Serviceman category 2, OBC-A category 262 and OBC-B category 185.



Of the 445 successful Muslim candidates, 222 Muslims are in General Category out of 1153 total successful candidates in this category, which is 19.2 percent.



In OBC-A category, 222 are Muslims out of total 262, which is 84.7 percent. In OBC-B category, however, there is only one Muslim out of total 185 successful candidates.







Driving on the shift of Muslim votes in the states, Mamata Banerjee reached the Writers Buliding and had announced several big tickets special packages for the minority. After one and an half year, she has claimed on several platforms that almost 99% of promises have been fulfilled, drawing sharp reactions from several Muslim leaders. In a public meeting in Bhangar of South 24 Parganas, WB CM had said, “already I have been implemented 99 per cent of the recommendations of the Sachar Committee Report. The little remains to be done as soon as possible. We will publish a book where mentioned the work we have done for our Muslim community in the state.”



However, several religious leaders did not quite agree with her. Pir of Furfura Sharif had criticized her in a huge gathering. “CM, please don’t claim 99% has been completed for Muslims. You take time, but don’t tell a lie to the Muslims.”



On her part, WB CM has included large number of Muslims in the OBC list, by passing the bill in the assembly. 10 percent for OBC-A and 7 percent for OBC-B, a total 17 percent of OBC communities comprise of Muslims in the state. That has clearly begun to yield result and the recruitment of police constables is an example, where 18.9 per cent of total successful candidates are Muslims, overall.