New Delhi: The National Commission for Minorities received the most number of complaints from the Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, for the sixth time in a row, government data showed.
These two states also received the most number of calls from all the minority communities put together, the ministry of minority affairs said in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
The minister of minority affairs Smriti Irani provided the data in response to a question from Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi MP D. Ravikumar.
The MP had asked for the total number of complaints received by the Commission during the last five years on the basis of state and religion.
He had also asked if the Commission had submitted action-taken reports up to only 2011, and the reasons for the delay in submitting them for the past ten years.
In response to this question, Irani said: “The National Commission for Minorities has submitted annual reports up to 2021-22 to the Ministry of Minority Affairs.” She added that “as per Sections 12 and 13 of the NCM Act, 1992, the Commission shall prepare, in such form and at such time, for each financial year, as may be prescribed, its annual report, giving a full account of its activities during the previous financial year and forward a copy thereof to the central government.”
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