MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SMT. MANEKA GANDHI)
(a)
Year No.of reports sent by the Commission
1997-98 5 1998-99 4 1999-2000 1
(b) Yes, Sir.
(c)&(d) A statement indicating details is enclosed. As these reports relate to public order which is a State subject under the Constitution of India, the matter has been referred to State Governments for appropriate action.
(e) Does not arise.
Statement in reply to parts (c ) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2694 for 6.12.2000 regarding National Commission for Minorities
Statement indicating the details of the NCM Reports on attacks on minorities in the country during the last three years
Year Details
1997-98 1 Complaint of Marriage of the Muslim inmates of nariniketan, Meerut on 12.5.1997. 2 Attack and humiliation of a Christian Priest and a School Vice Principal in Dumka, Bihar on 2.9.1997. 3 Police atrocities on Christians on 22-26 October, 1997 in Ludhiana, Punjab. 4 Communal violence around Dargah Sharief Ajmer on 17.2.1998 and 21.2.1998. 5 Rape of Nuns in Jhabua, M.P. on 22-23 September, 1998.
1998-99 1 Gujarat riots in July, 1998. 2 Communal violence in Mangalore and Surathkantha on 29-30 December,1998. 3 Murder of Dr. Graham Staines and his children in Manoharpur, Orissa on 22-1-1999. 4 Communal violence in Ranalai, Orissa in March, 1999.
1999-2000 1 Destruction of a Buddhist Monastery on the Indo-Bhutan border.
