{"id":146228,"date":"2022-05-10T13:33:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T08:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=146228"},"modified":"2022-05-10T16:21:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T10:51:33","slug":"minority-tag-for-hindus-likely-to-be-reconsidered-central-to-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=146228","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Minority&#8217; Tag For Hindus Likely To Be Reconsidered: Central To Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"2a6a8c3593e6620bd92d71f585bdd19b\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6453632170035383\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NEW RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6453632170035383\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2960496911\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Centre will reconsider granting &#8216;minority&#8217; status to Hindus in some states. This will be discussed with the states where the population of the Hindu community is comparatively less. The Modi government said in an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Center told the Supreme Court that it was filing a new affidavit on the matter to avoid unintentional complications in the country in the future. Earlier, on March 27, the Center had opposed a group of writ petitions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146229 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1031\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sc.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sc-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sc-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sc-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sc-450x311.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sc-869x600.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The affidavit states that Christians, Sikhs, Muslims, Buddhists, Persians and Jains &#8211; these six communities are informed as minorities at the national level. However, where the Hindu community is sparsely populated, the decision on granting minority status to the Hindus may be taken by the concerned State or Union Territory.<\/p>\n<p>States and Union Territories can identify Hindus as a religious or linguistic minority if there are fewer Hindus. For example, in 2016, the Maharashtra government was given the status of a minority of Jews. In a new affidavit, the Central said that although it was in the hands of the Central to inform the minorities, it wanted to discuss the matter in detail with the state governments.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146230 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1031\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/h.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/h-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/h-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/h-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/h-450x311.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/h-869x600.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court seeking to classify religious minorities on the basis of population in each state.<\/p>\n<p>The case was filed challenging the validity of Section 2 (f) of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) Act, 2004. 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