Jammu, Feb. 3 -- India Kashmiri Samaj ( AIKS) led by its president Ravinder Pandita called on Kiren Rijiju, minister of minorities and Parliamentary affairs in New Delhi today.

AIKS discussed and presented him a memorandum seeking minority status and benefits to minorities within the state. The minister said that it was irony that Kashmiri hindus are minorities in state but majority in union which is true with a few states more. He listened to the points raised by AIKS like constituting a minorities commission in J&K, declaring us minorities and referred to SC direction of 2018 in a petition by Ankur Sharma as also Justice Venkatachaliah NHRC report. The minister was apprised of various meetings with NCM in the past also and recommendati...