Muslim scholars have voiced concern over the move of the Minority Affairs Ministry to include the Jain community in the Union government’s list of minorities without any economic eligibility criterion or a model for better implementation of minority schemes. Abusaleh Shariff, who was on the Sachar Committee, says: “Our analysis shows that in terms of employment opportunities and bank loans, benefits of minorities’ entitlements are cornered by more affluent minority communities like Sikhs and Parsis. Jains too are an affluent community and their inclusion may cause the divide to deepen, especially when it comes to the banking sector as they are predominantly a business community. Muslims will lose out.” However, the Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan maintained that the move will not harm the interest of any community and that the inclusion of the Jain community in the minority list is a long standing demand.
JAINS IN CENTRE’S MINORITY LIST, MUSLIMS WON’T SUFFER: GOVT
Muslim scholars have voiced concern over the move of the Minority Affairs Ministry to include the Jain community in the Union government’s list of minorities without any economic eligibility criterion or a model for better implementation of minority schemes. Abusaleh Shariff, who was on the Sachar Committee, says:
