Haj goodwill delegation calls on Manmohan Singh

New Delhi, Nov. 1 (ANI): A goodwill delegation for Haj 2011, led by Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, K. Rahman Khan, called on Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here on Tuesday.

Dr. Singh urged the delegation to convey good wishes to the people of Saudi Arabia on behalf of the 120 crore people of India.

"India enjoys excellent relations with Saudi Arabia, and the rest of the Arab world, and would strive to take them further," he said.

The members of the Haj goodwill delegation include: K. Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha Leader, Abdul Kashem Sabhapati, Khargram Panchayat Samity, Murshidabad, West Bengal, Hakim Yaseen, Ex-Minister and M.L.A., J andK, M.J. Rehman, Senior Vice President, Amity Group, Abdul Rahim Rather, Finance Minister, J andK Government, Sheikh Alim, Advocate and Secretary, MPCC, Sayed Mohammed Moin, Delhi, Mohammed Hasan Fazal, Bangalore, and Sultan Ahmed, MoS Tourism.

Aquil Ahmad Rahi, General Secretary JD (U), Syed Abbas Ali Shihab Thangal, AI Manhal, Pannakkad, Mallapuram, Khurshid Aziz, Jagdishpur, Amethi, Mohd. Usman, Raebareilly, Maqsood Alam, Sultanpur, Hafiz Sajid Hasan Khattat, Distt. Bijnor, Abrar Ahmed, JS, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Mufti Abdullah Mohamed, Hasnot, Distt. Bharuch, Gujarat, I. Shanavas, M.P., Lok Sabha, Wayanad, Kerala, Mohammad Adeeb, M.P., Rajya Sabha, Dr. M. Saleem Kidwai, Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies, Sayyed Qasim Ashraf, Lucknow, Justice Bhanwaroo Khan, Judicial Member, Armed Forces Tribunal, Jaipur Bench, Hasan Shuja, Chief Editor, Sahafat and Awam-e-Hind Urdu News Paper, Gulam Nabi Moonaga, Advocate, Srinagar, J andK and Maulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, J andK, are the other members of the Haj good will delegation. (ANI)