The Minorities Ministry of the Central Government said in the Supreme Court-: 9 states including Kashmir-Punjab can declare Hindus as minorities; waiting for verdict

State governments can declare Hindus or any religious and linguistic communities as a minority in their state. The Ministry of Minority Affairs of the Central Government has given this argument in the Supreme Court in response to a petition filed by advocate Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay. Upadhyay, in his application, has sought a direction to frame guidelines for the identification of minorities in different states of the country, challenging the validity of Section 2 (f). He argues that Hindus are also a minority in 10 states of the country, but they do not get the benefit of minority schemes.

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On Upadhyay’s petition, the Supreme Court had sought a response from the Central Government. On this, the Ministry of Minority Affairs said in the court – Hindus, Jews, followers of Baha’i religion can establish and run educational institutions of their choice in any state. The law says that the state government can grant them minority status. The Maharashtra government has declared Jews as a minority within the state limits, while the Karnataka government has declared Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Tulu, Lamani, Hindi, Konkani and Gujarati speaking communities as minorities.

Center said- petitioner alleges that people of Jewish, Bahá’í and Hindu religions are minorities in Ladakh, Mizoram, Lakshadweep, Kashmir, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab and Manipur, but do not establish and operate educational institutions of their choice. can do. this is wrong.

The ministry also said, ‘If this view is accepted – only the states have the right to make laws on the matters of minorities, then in such a situation the Parliament will be deprived of its power to make laws on the subject which would be contrary to the constitution. The Center said- ‘The National Commission for Minorities Act-1992 is neither arbitrary or illogical nor does it violate any provision of the Constitution.’ It will be interesting to see what the Supreme Court will decide on this matter after the lawyer’s petition and the ministry’s reply.