Centre for minority status to Jains: Khurshid

Bangalore: The government is in favour of giving minority community status to Jains, Union Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Sunday.

He said a decision of a 11-judge Supreme Court had become a hurdle in taking action on the matter.

"Government is seized of the matter," he said at a Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO) national conference here, adding, the government is in discussions with the attorney general with regard to constituting a 11-judge SC bench on the issue.

While praising the community for its enterprising spirit, Khurshid said, "Constitutionally, it's imperative for the Jains to get the minority community status."