The ruling Samajwadi Party has set up a 10-member Ministers’ committee in the state to revive the Sadbhavana samiti (harmony committee) in view of violence in west Uttar Pradesh.
The first meeting of the committee chaired by PWD Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav was held here on Sunday in which SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav also participated. The committee will suggest ways and means to revive the brotherhood between the two communities after the Muzaffarnagar riots. The members will even visit the villages to meet the elders to seek their support and suggestions.
Mulayam directed the members to camp in the affected areas to generate confidence among people. They have also been asked to visit the families of both the communities. The committee members include - ministers Shahid Manzoor, Ramgovind Chowdhury, Ram Sakal Gurjar, Sahab Singh, Yogesh Pratap, Virendra Singh, Kamal Akhtar and Balram Yadav. Samajwadi party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhry said that the ministers have been asked to maintain communal harmony by talking to people and visiting their homes,.