Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VM)

Mangalore, Feb 14: Jnanapeet awardee and littérateur Dr U R Ananthamurthy inaugurated the golden jubilee celebration of Crescent Welfare Centre here Tuesday.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that absence of representation of Muslim community is several fields are sign that their potentials have remained utilized.

“A Muslim leader must be provided with conducive atmosphere to prove himself as people's leader and not a community's leader. Only then the true essence of democracy is lived up and a society can be made free from communalism'', he added.

Former Education Minister B A Moideen called upon the management of schools irrespective of the community that is managed by to make the school ‘Secular’ schools.

Yenepoya Medical College chairman Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi, Teekay Interior Solutions managing director Ummer Teekay, B A Group of Companies chairman B Ahmend Hajee Mohiudeen and others were present.