Muslim girl felicitated for winning Gita contest

Mumbai Congress Chief said his party will also felicitate Mariyam for the achievement on April 8.

April 06, 2015 07:58 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 02:11 pm IST - Mumbai

Political parties are now scrambling to felicitate 12-year-old Mariyam Siddiqui, a Class 6 student who won the Bhagvad Gita contest organised by ISKCON International Society last month for 4,500 students.

Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Monday felicitated Mariyam and her parents at a specially organised function at Vidhan Bhavan.

“A Muslim student winning a competition on a great scripture like the Gita is a praiseworthy achievement,” said Mr. Mungantiwar, who assured the girl’s family of all support in her educational career.

Mariyam, student of Cosmopolitan High School, received the first prize in an inter-school competition for explaining the teachings of the holy book. ISKCON International Society had organised the “Shrimad Bhagvad Gita Champion League” in which 195 schools including 105 private and 90 municipal schools participated.

Mariyam topped the written examination consisting of 100 questions, scoring 100 out of 100 marks. Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam said his party would felicitate Mariyam at the party headquarters on April 8.

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