Hyderabad, Dec. 11 -- Union Minority Minister Kiren Rijiju's recent reply in the Rajya Sabha about complaints and petitions received by the National Minorities Commission are vague, deceptive and unconvincing. He shelters behind opaque, dumb and deaf numbers which offer no real information about the work of the NCM.

The NCM must publish on its website and in its annual printed reports exact details of each complaint received and what action it took about it.

The seriousness of the Modi government about NCM can be gauged from the fact that the Commission at present is totally vacant.

Chairman and all Members retired during December 2024 and April 2025. Even earlier, only cronies and people close to the ruling party were nominated to the...