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Plea in Supreme Court against welfare schemes for minorities
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- The SC recently asked the government to respond to a petition filed by six Uttar Pradesh residents that the government is discriminating against Hindus by providing religious minorities with welfare schemes worth thousands of crores.
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- Plea filed claimed:
(1) Hindus were discriminated against on the ground of religion, as schemes worth ₹4,700 crore were initiated in favour of only some religious minorities.
(2) It also challenged the validity of the establishment of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM).
(3) Parliament cannot make any law for the benefit of any religion maybe, for minority religious groups.
- SC Bench issued notice on the petition mentioning
(1) Welfare schemes cannot be based on religion.
(2) The government and Parliament cannot promote minoritism and cannot show inclination towards them and allure them to flourish by initiating beneficial programs for them.
(3) Such an action will be detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India and give rise to separatists and may create a situation for another division of the nation.
(4) The government cannot be invested with the power to declare any community as a ‘minority community’.
Sources
The Hindu