AHMEDABAD: The ‘vision document for minority empowerment’ that the BJP had promised with much fanfare last June has finally been dumped by the party. A month after Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was made chairman of the BJP’s national campaign committee , the party had also got into the Sadbhavana mode and started identifying problems faced by Muslims . But a few weeks before the general elections, the saffron brigade has developed cold feet and decided not to release the nearly-ready document.BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was head of the committee that was working on the document. Other members of the party were Shahnawaz Hussain, BJP Minority Morcha chief Abdul Rashid Ansari, and the morcha in-charge J K Jain. It was to be released after the 2013 assembly elections in five states, and form the basis of the party’s commitments in its Lok Sabha manifesto regarding matters affecting the minority community.“Ever since Modi’s name was declared as our PM candidate, we have been walking on eggshells on issues affecting Muslims,” a senior functionary of BJP said from Delhi. “The vision document had certain matters that may not have been included in the manifesto. That would have attracted unnecessary media attention. Hence, the party top brass decided not release the document,” he said.“We are instead providing some points as inputs for inclusion in the party manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls,” he added.BJP mulling ‘ Central Madrassa Education Board ’?Among the inputs culled from the dumped vision document, one that may prove controversial for the BJP is the proposal to set up a ‘Central Madrassa Education Board’. A senior functionary of the BJP, however, tried to assuage fears that this could lead to interference in the administration of madrassas. “The board, if constituted, will work towards standardization of madrass education and have full participation of community leaders,” he said.