Union Minority Welfare minister Najma Heptullah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants every children of the Muslim community have pen or some tools in their hands and not firearms “Our PM wants that every child of the muslim community have proper education and technical training so that they do not take dreaded firearms in their hands”, she said. Addressing a function in Bareilly she said that central government was doing everything to impart good education facilities for the minorities.
The Union minister, however, criticised the Uttar Pradesh government for the bad condition of roads. ‘The roads have only potholes and nothing else,’ she said. On the occassion she announced that the Centre would provide scholarships to 10 million students of the minorities and even assured that government would give financial support to the students going abroad for higher studies.