Record number of more than 1 lakh 75 thousand people will go to Haj this year:Naqvi

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that for the first time after Independence, a record number of more than 1 lakh 75 thousand people from the country will go to Haj this year. 

Speaking at a function in Mumbai, Mr Naqvi said, the Government led by Prime



Minister Narendra Modi has succeeded in getting India’s Haj quota increased for the consecutive second year. 

He said that for the first time Muslim women from India will also go to Haj without a male companion.