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  JAINS' MINORITY STATUS TO BE DECIDED BY STATE GOVERNMENTS AND NOT BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

Nov. 25. The Central Government has clarified that the issue of minority for Jains is a subject matter of states and central government has no role to play. The decision on the minority issue for Jains was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs in the light of the Supreme Court's directive to the Union Government that it should give its view about the minority status of the Jain community. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and also was attended by Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister, Sharad Pawar Agriculture Minister, K Natwar Singh External Affairs Minister, Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran and Law Minister H R Bhardwaj. Jainsamaj has not shown any strong reaction on this decision.