Not govt’s job to give out doles to imams, purohits, says Bengal CM

KOLKATA: Bengal's BJP govt moved Monday to stamp retired religion-based assistance specified arsenic honorariums for mosque functionaries and priests, with CM Suvendu Adhikari asserting that "it was not the govt's occupation to administer doles to imams, muezzins and purohits"."Financial assistance to imams, muezzins and purohits is being discontinued. A caller notification volition beryllium issued listing the schemes that are being discontinued," Urban improvement and women and kid affairs curate Agnimitra Paul said aft a furniture gathering wherever the determination was taken. The payments volition beryllium stopped from adjacent month.Such stipends had been introduced by Mamata Banerjee-led TMC govt. They were being provided done the accusation and taste affairs department, and number affairs and madrassa acquisition department.Adhikari doubled down connected the determination to halt the payments. "Our occupation is to amended education, to springiness jobs to youths. We person stopped each spiritual dole. We volition supply Vivekananda assistance to meritorious and mediocre students from each communities. There volition not beryllium immoderate appeasement authorities successful Bengal," helium said.BJP welcomed the move. "The Constitution does not let favoritism among communities based connected religion. Govt volition enactment for the radical of Bengal. It volition neither favour Hindus nor Muslims," BJP authorities president Samik Bhattacharya said.