<p class="title">Karnataka Minority Commission Chairman Abdul Azeem said police personnel, engaged in exceptional work aimed at establishing communal harmony, should be awarded the Chief Minister’s Gold Medal. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“A memorandum will be submitted to the chief minister in this regard,” cop-turned-politician Azeem told reporters at Circuit House in Kadri on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azeem, on his first visit to Mangaluru, after assuming charge as chairman of the Minority Commission, chaired a review meeting on law and order with police officials.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It is observed that crime in the district has come down after 2019. Especially, the drug menace has been controlled to a great extent,” he emphasised.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azeem, asserting that development cannot happen without harmony, pointed out that people in Dakshina Kannada district have a tendency to get carried away by emotions, over communal issues.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“If people have a keen desire, the district will set an example for communal harmony,” he stressed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also felt a need to post honest officials in communally sensitive regions.</p>.<p><strong>‘Vaccine for corruption’</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Abdul Azeem said the pandemic of corruption was more dangerous than Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“There is a need to find a vaccine for corruption,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to implement effective measures in order to prevent large scale corruption in the system.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azeem claimed that he was honest throughout his 46 years of public life, including 30 years of his career as a top cop and 16 years as an MLC.</p>.<p><strong>Scholarship for students</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">To another question, he said that the scholarships meant for students pursuing higher studies were not disbursed by the department of minority welfare, owing to fund<br />crunch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“A memorandum will be submitted to the chief minister on this as well, requesting a release of grants,” he said.</p>.<p><strong>Wakf properties</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">To another query, he said that with the help of a concrete plan, encroachers who had grabbed Wakf property in the state will be punished.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Beary Sahitya Academy president Rahim Ucchil, KFDC former chairman Aboobakar, leader Hyder Parthippadi and others were present.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prior to the press meet, members of SDPI submitted a memorandum to the Minority Commission chairman seeking justice for those arrested for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Ujire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The SDPI members claimed that those who were arrested were innocent.</p>
<p class="title">Karnataka Minority Commission Chairman Abdul Azeem said police personnel, engaged in exceptional work aimed at establishing communal harmony, should be awarded the Chief Minister’s Gold Medal. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“A memorandum will be submitted to the chief minister in this regard,” cop-turned-politician Azeem told reporters at Circuit House in Kadri on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azeem, on his first visit to Mangaluru, after assuming charge as chairman of the Minority Commission, chaired a review meeting on law and order with police officials.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It is observed that crime in the district has come down after 2019. Especially, the drug menace has been controlled to a great extent,” he emphasised.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azeem, asserting that development cannot happen without harmony, pointed out that people in Dakshina Kannada district have a tendency to get carried away by emotions, over communal issues.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“If people have a keen desire, the district will set an example for communal harmony,” he stressed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also felt a need to post honest officials in communally sensitive regions.</p>.<p><strong>‘Vaccine for corruption’</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Abdul Azeem said the pandemic of corruption was more dangerous than Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“There is a need to find a vaccine for corruption,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to implement effective measures in order to prevent large scale corruption in the system.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azeem claimed that he was honest throughout his 46 years of public life, including 30 years of his career as a top cop and 16 years as an MLC.</p>.<p><strong>Scholarship for students</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">To another question, he said that the scholarships meant for students pursuing higher studies were not disbursed by the department of minority welfare, owing to fund<br />crunch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“A memorandum will be submitted to the chief minister on this as well, requesting a release of grants,” he said.</p>.<p><strong>Wakf properties</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">To another query, he said that with the help of a concrete plan, encroachers who had grabbed Wakf property in the state will be punished.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Beary Sahitya Academy president Rahim Ucchil, KFDC former chairman Aboobakar, leader Hyder Parthippadi and others were present.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prior to the press meet, members of SDPI submitted a memorandum to the Minority Commission chairman seeking justice for those arrested for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Ujire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The SDPI members claimed that those who were arrested were innocent.</p>