GUWAHATI: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman increased India's Haj quota by 25,000 on February 20.
After the announcement, the number of Muslims who can perform Haj has increased to 2 lakh from the previous 1.75 lakh.
It is to be mentioned that when the BJP led centre came to power in 2014, India's Haj quota was 1,36,000 which has now been increased to 2 lakh.
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Sources said that the suggestion to increase the Haj quota was given by the Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, in a meeting with Crown prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman, to which the crown prince agreed.