Zahir Kazi, president of the Anjuman-i-Islam, Mumbai and one of 25 in the delegation, told The Indian Express: “Many people spoke on the issue in different tones. They said that the Muslim community is keen to be an equal partner in the making of New India. They said that the Muslim community would never allow any conspiracy against India to succeed. Welcoming the members of the delegation, the Prime Minister said that democracy’s greatest strength is harmony and amity (mel milap). They asked the Prime Minister to fashion a mechanism that would ensure that issues of the Muslim community reach him without the elaborate and time-consuming effort of a high-level delegation from the community meeting him.

Source: Indian Express May 13, 2017 00:45 UTC