Friday, May 4, 2012: The Kerala State Haj Committee will conduct the draw of lots to select pilgrims for Haj 2012 at 10 am on May 14. There are 49,377 applicants from the state against the available government quota of around 7,000.State minister for Haj affairs P K Kunhalikutty will inaugurate the draw of lots at the Haj House in Karipur.
The meeting of the committee held at the Haj House on Thursday, has decided that reserved category-A pilgrims comprising those who have crossed 70 years of age and a companion, would be selected directly.
The chances of applicants in the general category getting selected for the pilgrimage are very less as the number of applicants from the reserved category alone exceeds the state’s Haj quota.
The meeting has decided that applicants belonging to reserved category-B, including those who have unsuccessfully applied for the pilgrimage in the last three years, would be selected by draw of lots. There are around 3,904 applicants under the reserved category-A, while there are 4,986 in the reserved category-B.
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