West Bengal’s unconstitutional allowances to Muslim clerics: Vote-bank politics gone wrong

The Calcutta High Court has rightly struck down West Bengal’s unconstitutional allowances to Muslim clerics. Not only did the Government break the law, it meticulously deceived the public in every aspect of this ‘welfare project’. Last year, the Government in West Bengal declared it would give imams in the State a monthly stipend of Rs 2,500 and Rs 1,000 to muezzins who recite the call to prayer. 

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