JEDDAH, 29 December 2005 — Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha (upper house) K. Rahman Khan will head a 24-member Indian Haj goodwill delegation, which arrives here on Jan. 5, said Consul General Ausaf Sayeed.
The delegation includes three members of Parliament — Professor Saifuddin Soz from Jammu and Kashmir, Motiur Rahman, Bihar and Furqan Ansari, Jharkhand. Kerala Minister of Industry V.K. Ibrahim Kunju and Justice K.A. Abdul Ghafoor of Kerala High Court are also part of the delegation.
Other members are Hesamul Islam Siddiqui, editor Jadid Markaz, Lucknow, Muhammad Hamza Hasmi, Nadwatul Uloom, Lucknow, Mufti Abdul Manan Kalimi, Moradabad, Mohabbat Ali, Sultanpur, Maulana Jabir Hussain, Assam, Karam Elahi, Noida, Imran Kidwai, Delhi, Begum Qamar Jahan, Delhi, Syed Fida Ali, Delhi, Hasan Ahmad, Delhi, Chaudhry Nezamuddin, Delhi, Zainul Basheer, ex-MP, Delhi, Qamar Ahmad, Delhi, K. Mohammad Ismael, Tamil Nadu, K. Qasim, Tamil Nadu, Nawab Muhammad Khadeeruddin Siddiqui, Andhra Pradesh, Abdul Majeed Abu Bakr Parekh, Maharashtra and Chaudhry Khurshid Ahmad from Haryana.
During their stay in the Kingdom, members of the delegation will perform Haj, visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah and call on various local dignitaries.
