Till now, women Haj pilgrims were required to be accompanied by their husbands or a "Mehram" during the annual pilgrimage.
"Saudi Arabia has relaxed the norms and allowed a group of at least four women to go on Haj without a male companion," Naqvi said during an interaction with PTI journalists here.
The term "Mehram" refers to a male, whom a woman cannot marry (i.e. father, brother, son etc.).
The Centre had decided to allow the women pilgrims over the age of 45 years to undertake the pilgrimage in groups of at least four, sans a "Mehram", he added.
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Pointing to the response of the Muslim community to the triple talaq decision, Naqvi said there was "not a single protest", unlike the protests on the Shah Bano issue during late Rajiv Gandhi's tenure as prime minister.
"The Congress missed an opportunity to make a statement about our bill in the Lok Sabha. It did not even suggest an amendment. Now, it is stalling the bill in the Rajya Sabha," he added.
Asked if the Muslims were going away from the BJP, Naqvi said, "For the first time, the BJP got around 17 per cent votes from the Muslim community in Gujarat. We realised this when we analysed the results booth-wise."
In last month's Gujarat polls, with 99 MLAs, the BJP secured a simple majority in the 182-member Assembly, 16 less than its 2012 tally of 115.
The opposition Congress, which had won 61 seats in 2012, managed to increase its tally to 77.
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