mumbai congress leader and ex minister for minority development arif naseem khan has written to pm modi alleging a big scam in management of haj 2023 he has alleged that some members of the central haj committee told him that their powers have been withdrawn by the ministry of minority affairs this year haj will be performed in the last week of junekhan has claimed that before 2019 each haj pilgrim was charged around rs 29 lakh including 2100 saudi riyals or approximately rs 45000 which was given to each haji at the time of embarkation but this year hajis are being charged above rs 37 lakh per head also the difference of charges between embarkation points are huge he said for example he said the charge for hajis flying from mumbai is rs 304843 whereas from nagpur it is rs 367044 and from aurangabad it is rs 392738 why should there be such a huge difference between mumbai and nagpuraurangabad when these cities are not very far from each other pilgrims travelling from nagpur and aurangabad are upset as they are being forced to pay several thousand more than what pilgrims going from mumbai are paying khan told toiin his letter he has also said the quota for pilgrims choosing haj committee of india has been reduced from 2 lakh to around 14 lakh the quota for private tour operators ptos is 35000 out of the total haj quota of 17 lakh for india this year ptos are being favoured they are charging exorbitantly between rs 5 lakh to rs 10 lakh per haji he claimedmohammed yaqoob shaikha ceo of haj committee told toi the travel cost for hajis was fixed by the civil aviation ministry after following all procedureson khans allegations of corruption in buying accommodation for hajis haji haider azam member of the team inspecting accommodation facilities for indian hajis in saudi arabia said due process was followed as consul general of india in jeddah bought the houses after tendering opposition can say anything