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Uddhav Thackeray nominated to NIC | Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray has been nominated to the National Integration Council (NIC) that was reconstituted on April 5 under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. "Uddhav Thackeray, Executive President, Shiv Sena has also
been nominated to the reconstituted NIC in the category ''Leaders of Regional
Political Parties'', vide order dated June 3, 2010," a Ministry of Home Affairs
release said. The NIC has 147 members, including Union Ministers, Leaders of the
Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Chief Ministers of all States and
Union Territories with Legislatures. It also includes leaders of national and
regional political parties, chairpersons of national commissions, eminent journalists,
public figures, and representatives of business and women''s organisations. Set
up in the early 1960s by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the NIC held
its first meeting in 1962. The council reviews matters relating to national integration
and makes recommendations over such issues. The NIC aims at finding ways and means
to combat the menace of communalism, casteism and regionalism. |
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