Special report: My aim to spread positivity through education and employment among the vulnerable sections : Zafar Sareshwala

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His banner ‘Taleem-O-Tarbiyat’will organise workshop to sharpen educational and business skills of Muslim youths in Ayodhya on December 24: UP governer Anandiben Patel will be the chief guest

 

By Abdulhafiz Lakhani siyasat.net                

Ahmedabad/Mumbai : In an attempt to reach out to the Muslim community and counter the anti-minority image of the Yogi Adityanath government, prominent educationist and Gujarat based Businessman  Zafar Sareshwala will hold a workshop for counselling youths for jobs in the financial sector and enhance their entrepreneurship. Governor Anandiben Patel will be the chief guest at the workshop titled “Atmnirbhar Ayodhya Ki Ore” to be held in Ayodhya on December 24.
 
Youths from the adjoining districts will also be invited to attend the programme. The programme will be organised under Sareshwala’s banner “Taleem-O-Tarbiyat”.
 
Additional Chief Secretary, Information and MSME, Navneet Sehgal said he has requested Sareshwala to organise such programmes in all the 75 districts in the state for promoting the One District One Product programme of the Chief Minister and also traditional art and handicraft.
 
Sehgal will also give a special lecture on this occasion. Sareshwala who is  very much known for his proximity with PM Modi  has been organising such conferences and programmes in different parts of the country to increase education and employment among the vulnerable sections of the society, mainly Muslims.
 
 His organization’s agenda is to spread positivity through education and employment among the vulnerable sections.
 
In small cities like Ayodhya, the young minds, mainly from a humble background, are not exposed to the financial sector and his organisation will be bringing financial experts to counsel them on how to become an entrepreneur and also avail the welfare schemes of the state and central governments.
 
In a chat with Gujarat siyasat, Former Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University  Zafar Sareshwala said today that he earlier thought only Muslims were “hassled” in the country, but has now come to believe that everyone from the weaker section of society felt the same way.
 
He  said the “underprivileged”, irrespective of their religious affiliations, should be given an equal opportunity in education and as entrepreneurs.
 
“Earlier, I used to think that only Muslims are hassled in this country, but now I know that every person from the weaker section is ‘pareshan’ (hassled),” Sareshwala said.
 
He said the government should work for everybody and ensure that there is no discrimination against the people, “whether they belong to minority communities or are underprivileged”.
 
Sareshwala said such workshops, mainly catering to Muslims, many of them from madarsas, will provide a platform to them for the realisation of their dreams.
 
“Governments have their schemes (for entrepreneurs). The problem is that most of our youths do not even know about these schemes. We have to coordinate and make them aware about these schemes. We need to give them a platform,” he said.
 
“Hindus or Muslims…the poor are not aware (about these schemes). We are working to provide them some platform,” he said, adding that the definition of “privileged or underprivileged” is beyond any religion.
 
Sareshwala said Muslims, especially those educated at madarsas, would get to know about a new world “beyond their confines” through such programmes.
 
“Muslims have got skills and a self-employment system. They will gain skills through such programmes,” he said.
 

“My whole idea is to spread the light of knowledge to help the Muslim community in analysing everything rationally and then act logically,” he concluded.

Sareshwala has been working among Muslims, mainly to shape the careers of the youth of the community by counselling them not to indulge in contentious and sensitive matters and instead, focus on their career and education. 
 
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