The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said it will examine in detail the Karnataka government's recommendation to grant religious 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 religious minority tag be granted to the numerically strong and politically-influential Lingayat and Veerashaiva-Lingayat community. It comes ahead of the Assembly polls.
A senior official said they are yet to receive the proposal and that they can comment only after examining it thoroughly. "Once we get it, we examine it. There is a process," the official said.
The MHA is likely is to forward the proposal to the registrar general and census commissioner for a detailed examination and suggestions. Only after this, the official said, a decision will be taken.
Published 20 March 2018, 11:32 IST