New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met a delegation of the Dawoodi Bohra community. The Dawoodi Bohra delegation met the PM and thanked him for the Waqf Amendment Act. The members involved in the delegation said that the Dawoodi Bohra community had been demanding amendment in the Waqf for a long time, which was now completed. He said that the Waqf Amendment Act will bring transparency in Waqf work as well as the backward sections will benefit. The Prime Minister expressed confidence in everyone’s support, development, everyone’s perspective of faith.
VIDEO | A delegation of Dawoodi Bohra Community Met PM Modi (@narendramodi) Today to Thank Him for the Waqf Amendment Act. They said it was a long pending demand of the Community. They reposed Faith in PM’s Vision of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas.
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Women were also among the members of this delegation of the Dawoodi Bohra community. During this, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju was also present there. Please tell that the Bohra community is counted among the richest Muslims. People of this community are mainly associated with business. They are educated and calm. Dawoodi Bohra community considers the ideals of Shias. People of Dawoodi Bohra community came to India as a religion preacher in the 11th century. The people of Dawoodi Bohra community live in cities in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Gujarat Surat, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Dahod, Rajasthan Udaipur, Bhilwara and Ujjain, Indore, Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh. He has great faith in Sufi saints and tombs.
Dawoodi Bohra community is considered a special attachment to PM Modi. Modi has attended the programs of Dawoodi Bohra community several times. Modi stayed for a long time in the program of Dawoodi Bohra community held in Mumbai in 2023. Modi had said that I am a family member for you. During this time, Modi also shared his hand in his community kitchen. Before that, Modi attended the program of Dawoodi Bohra community in Indore. Please tell that wherever the Bohra community lives, they run a common kitchen together.
