Milli council wants Mysuru to be model for other cities

Executive committee of the All India Milli Council (AIMC) that met, here, on Thursday, urged the authorities concerned to make Mysuru city a model for other cities in the country.

The meeting, presided over by AIMC president Mohammed Abdulla Mughisi, delved on building an egalitarian society. Deputy Commissioner C Shikha and Police Commissioner B Dayananda, who met the leaders of the council, were advised to take steps to develop Mysuru as a model for others.

Paying tribute to Tipu Sultan, general secretary of AIMC Mohammed Manzoor Alam said, Tipu never discriminated on the lines of religion. Instead, he spread the message of communal harmony.

Addressing the gathering, the DC acknowledged the role of the council in spreading harmony in the country. The police commissioner appealed to the council to educate the youth, particularly in the age group of 18 to 25 years.

Heaping praises on Mysureans as peace-loving people, the commissioner assured to maintain peace and harmony in the city.

Out of the total 58 executive committee members of AIMC, 42 members attended the meeting.

The meeting began with the recitation of versus of Quran by Qari Fayaz Ahmed and ‘Naath’ by Asim Afroz Sait.

Mohammed Ashraf Ali, Syed Mustafa Rifayee and Syed Shahid Ahmed, general secretary, AIMC Karnataka unit, paid tributes to the departed members and other dignitaries who passed away last year.

MLA Tanveer Sait, President of AIMC, Mysuru unit, Mohammed Zaka Ulla Saheb, general secretary, Mohammed Mumtaz Ahmed, secretary, Mysuru District Relief Committee, Ariff Ahmed Mehkri, Corporator K C Shoukath Pasha and Chairman, Mysore District Wakf Advisory Committee, Abdul Khader Sait, were present.