The Haj Committee of India announced about cancelling all the applications for the pilgrimage this year on Tuesday. The reason mentioned is Saudi Arabia has stated that only a limited number of people residing in the Kingdom will be allowed to perform Haj due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a circular, the committee mentioned that the Ministry of Haj and Umrah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has issued a statement viewing the not so good condition across the world. The ministry informed that due to coronavirus conditions it has decided to allow citizens and residents inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia only to attend Haj this year in limited numbers and international Haj has been cancelled. Haj Committee of India's Chief Executive Officer Maqsood Ahmed Khan signed the circular. The circular further read, "Hence it has been decided by the Haj Committee of India that all the applications for Haj-2021 stands cancelled.”

Last year also the same thing happened, government had decided that Muslims from India will not travel to Saudi Arabia for Haj 2020 after the Kingdom conveyed that pilgrims should not be sent in the wake of the coronavirus cases surge.

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