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4K women went on Haj without male companion: Modi

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New Delhi, July 30

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PM Narendra Modi on Sunday said changes in the Haj pilgrimage policy by his government led to 4,000 Muslim women carrying out the pilgrimage without the mehram (male companion) this year.

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During ‘Mann Ki Baat’, the PM said: “This journey of theirs is a very special in many ways. These are the women, who have performed Haj without any male companion, and the number is not 50 or 100, but more than 4,000 — this is a huge transformation.”

On the drugs issue, he said: “Many sports groups have also been formed in Punjab that are running campaigns to get rid of drug addiction.”

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