Mangaluru, Sep 5: Several family members, friends and colleagues participated in the public condolence meeting ‘Mohammed Badruddin – Ondu Kanasu’ organised by Al-Wafa Charitable Trust, Mangalore in memory of senior Congress leader and former KPCC secretary who passed away in Bengaluru few days ago and expressed condolences at his untimely demise.
The condolence meeting was held at Ravindra Kala Bhavan at University College, Hampankatta here on Saturday. Mohammed Badruddin had been the founder-president of Al-Wafa Charitable Trust.
Speaking on the occasion, general secretary of the trust Umar U H said that the Trust had decided to undertake the construction of a community hall to conduct programmes and technical educational institute for youth, which were Mohammed Badruddin’s dream projects. Along with this, the Trust will collectively take the initiative of memorializing his life in a book titled ‘Organisation, Leadership and Politics’ for students pursuing Political Science in colleges, he said.
Recollecting a few instances on the life of Mohammed Badruddin, he said that the man was not only a social and political leader but also a dear friend, whose major quality was leadership. Although he was unanimously re-elected as president of the Trust for the second term, he had insisted that every member of the Trust should get an opportunity to head the organisation. He expressed a lot of anguish at the incidents creaking havoc in the society in Dakshina Kannada. His passing away is a big loss for the district, he said, adding that the organisation had been conducting mass marriages fighting against the dowry menace in the Muslim community from the past four years.
Senior Congress leader and former minister B A Moideen said that the untimely death of Badruddin was like a flower plucked before its prime. He was a sincere and a straight-forward person, who had meant to accomplish more work in his lifetime. He was a man full of concern, who gave to the underprivileged even when he did not have much for himself, he said.
He said that it would bring justice to the memory of Mohammed Badruddin if we facilitated in shaping the next generation in a better way than by merely remembering his qualities.
Speaking on the occasion, health minister U T Khader said that authority or power often changed hands, but what remained was the social, political and educational change leaders brought in the society.
With regard to claims that the leader was not given a prominent post in the party, Mr Khader said that the party wished to give authority to every capable leader, but some things were inevitable. Several others offered their condolences to the family and relatives of Badruddin on the occasion.
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