Minority Status

BJP president Amit Shah says if his party wins the Karnataka assembly elections, it would make Lingayat strongman B.S. Yeddyurappa as its chief minister

Decision, based on suggestions of an expert panel, comes ahead of the Karnataka elections

Supreme Court says petitioner can press the case for minority status to Hindus in eight states at the National Commission for Minorities

A PIL has been filed in the SC seeking grant of minority status to Hindus in Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Punjab

Educational trusts and societies seeking minority status will now be required to register as NGOs with the NITI Aayog

A Supreme Court bench asked Centre and J&K govt to resolve the issue of Muslims minority status and submit a report to it within four weeks

The government has maintained that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was set up by a central act and it was a central university, not a minority institution

SC is separately hearing an appeal filed by AMU and the Centre (UPA govt) against an Allahabad High Court verdict which said that the university's minority tag is invalid

Zameer Uddin Shah states that restoring the status would have a salutary effect on minorities

Jains will get a share in Central funds earmarked for welfare programmes and scholarships for the minorities