According to information provided by the state government, after the inauguration of the transport infrastructure projects,PM Modi will make his way to Marol to inaugurate the new Mumbai campus of the Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah.
With the much-delayed Mumbai civic polls expected to be held later this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Mumbai Friday, for the second time in less than a month, to flag off two Vande Bharat trains and inaugurate two intracity flyovers, as well as a vehicular underpass, reported The Print.
PM Modi will also continue his outreach to the Bohra community, by inaugurating a new campus of the Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, the premier educational institute of the Dawoodi Bohras, at Mumbai’s Marol.
During his last visit to Mumbai on 19 January, Modi had inaugurated two new Metro railway lines and conducted the groundbreaking ceremony for a few other projects, including sewage treatment plants and road concretisation.
According to information provided by the state government, after the inauguration of the transport infrastructure projects,PM Modi will make his way to Marol to inaugurate the new Mumbai campus of the Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah.
The institute’s main campus is in Surat, while it also has campuses in Karachi and Nairobi, according to the institution’s website. The institution started classes in Mumbai in 2013 in “temporary settings” while the campus at Marol was still under construction.
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Modi Thursday tweeted about the inauguration saying, “In line with the great ethos of the Dawoodi Bohras, I am sure this campus will provide a futuristic learning environment to students.”
Last month, addressing the BJP’s national executive meeting, PM Modi had directed party workers to reach out to marginalised communities, specifically mentioning the Pasmanda and Bohra Muslims, regardless of whether they vote for the party or not.
Pasmanda, or backward Muslims, comprise about 80-85 per cent of India’s Muslims, while the Bohras are a more affluent group, which in India is concentrated mostly in Gujarat — PM Modi’s home state — and Maharashtra.
“The BJP is not against any religion. PM Modi has said, sab ka saath, sab ka vikas, and that is the BJP’s motto. The community extended an invitation and the PMO accepted. There is nothing political about this,” said Keshav Upadhye, BJP Maharashtra spokesperson, about the scheduled inauguration.
Other campuses of the Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah too have been inaugurated by heads of states. The Nairobi campus of the Arabic institute had been inaugurated by then Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2018, while the Karachi campus had been inaugurated by then Pakistan President General Zia-ul-Haq in 1983.
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