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Education and skill development key to empowering minorities: CM Revanth Reddy

Hyderabad, Nov 11 (UNI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday called upon minority communities to focus on education and skill development to secure better opportunities for their children.
He said education was the only means to transform their lives and assured that the Congress government would stand by minorities and address their concerns.
Addressing the National Education Day and Minority Welfare Day celebrations here, the Chief Minister said former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had accorded priority to education and irrigation and entrusted Maulana Abul Kalam Azad with the responsibility of developing the country's education system. He credited Azad with laying the foundation for IITs, ITIs and a national education policy.
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