Mumbai, June 17 -- Raising the issue of Muslim youth allegedly being excluded from the state government's 'AMRUT' Institute schemes, Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh from Bhiwandi East has alleged that applications for the institute's Drone Pilot Training Program, run under the Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Department, are being accepted "only from Hindu candidates", while applications from Muslim candidates are not being accepted through the online portal.

In his letter to Minister Atul Save and the Chief Executive Officer of the Academy of Maharashtra Research, Upliftment and Training (AMRUT) Institute, MLA Rais Shaikh has alleged that the AMRUT Institute has invited applications until June 30 for Drone Pilot Training aimed at candidates...