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| BJP befooling minorities of J&K on minority commission issue | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 11: Demanding of setting up of Minority Commission is J&K was vociferously raised today in All J&K Sikhs Conference but BJP leaders, who were present in the said event failed to make any effective commitment in this regard. Ironically, all minorities of J&K are demanding constituting Minority Commission in the State but no action has been taken so far. BJP is rather befooling minorities on J&K on minority commission.
Today's conference was organized by BJP's MLC, Charanjit Singh Khalsa in which various issues were discussed but demand of setting up of Minority Commission has dominated the event. Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh and Speaker of the Legisalative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta were present in the Conference but they failed to give any concere assurance on setting up of Minority Commission. Instead of giving commitment to set up Minority Commission very soon, Deputy Chief Minister only assured the gathering that the issues of Minority Commission, implementation of Anand Karaj Act and revival of Punjabi language in state will be taken up with the concerned authorities. It is still a hundred dollor question "who are the concerned authorities".
The Jammu and Kashmir Government on September 2 told the Supreme Court that the central Minorities Act, 1992, was not applicable to the state and as such it did not have to set up a state-level minorities' commission.
Appearing for the state government, its standing counsel Sunil Fernandes told a Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur that the state nevertheless needed time to file its response in writing to a PIL for immediate identification of minorities in the sensitive border state to stop diversion of funds meant for them to the majority community.
The Bench, which included Justice AM Khanwilkar, granted time to the state and said the case would be taken up for the next hearing after six weeks. On July 12, the apex court had issued notices to the Centre and the state government seeking their views on the PIL plea.
The petitioner, advocate Ankur Sharma, had pleaded that the state government was treating the Muslims, who accounted for 68.31 per cent of the total population in the state in the 2011 Census, as a minority community, which was "arbitrary, unreasonable and illegal."
He said his representations to the authorities for setting up a state minorities' commission to identify and notify the minorities in Jammu and Kashmir had fallen on deaf ears. He said he was forced to approach the SC as the state high court had refused to even list a PIL on the issue for preliminary hearing without citing any reason. |
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