'Give Muslim clerics a monthly pay'

Wednesday April 13, 2011 08:32:11 PM, IANS

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government should pay imams (clerics) in the state a monthly salary of Rs.8,000, the Imam Council of India said Wednesday, adding it will move the court if this was not done.

"There are around 3 lakh imams across Uttar Pradesh. They are not getting a single penny from the state government.

"For raising the living standards of imams, we demand that the Uttar Pradesh government must take immediate steps and provide a monthly salary to them," Council chairman Quari Hifzur Rehman told the media.

"Like Punjab, Haryana and Delhi, the government in Uttar Pradesh also must make provisions for giving a monthly salary," he added.

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Farooq Naikwadi, a counselor for Civil Services exams, addressing a workshop on the topic at Abdullah Ash Shae Auditorium, Mansoora in Malegaon April 09, 2011

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