Make Kalam, not Kasab as your role model: MRM to Muslim youths

In a bid to keep Muslim youths away from fundamentalism, the RSS-backed Muslim Rashtriya Manch has started a drive to encourage them to adopt former President APJ Abdul Kalam as their role model" and not Ajmal Kasab of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack notoriety.

We have initiated a campaign to make former President Kalam, who was also known as the missile man and made the country proud, as the role model of Muslim students. We are organising national level seminars for this, MRM convenor Muhammad Afzal told PTI.

He said the campaign's objective is to strengthen patriotism among the Muslim students and encourage them to take the path of Kalam.

When asked about the need for such a campaign, Afzal said, "We want to convince Muslim students that their role model should be former President Kalam and not terrorist Kasab. We will tell the difference between the two."