MHA to look into proposal on minority status

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said it will examine in detail the Karnataka government's recommendation to grant minority tag to the Lingayat and Veerashaiva-Lingayat communities as and when it receives the proposal.

The remarks came a day after the Siddaramaiah government decided to recommend that minority tag be granted to the numerically strong and politically-influential Lingayat and Veerashaiva-Lingayat community. A senior official said they are yet to receive the proposal and that they can comment only after examining it thoroughly. The MHA is likely to forward the proposal to the registrar general and census commissioner for an examination and suggestions. Only after this, the official said, a decision will be taken.