570 Complaints of Violence Against Minorities in 11 Years, UP Tops the List: Govt in Parliament
New Delhi: Between 2014-15 and 2024-25, nearly 570 complaints of violence against minorities had reached the National Commission for Minorities (NCM). Uttar Pradesh topped the list with a significant 251 complaints during the 11-year period, the Parliament stated.
In response to DMK MP P Wilson and CPI(M) MP John Brittas, the Ministry of Minority Affairs told the Rajya Sabha that the Union government does not “centrally” maintain specific data regarding violence against minorities. It stated that the responsibility comes under the NCM, which looks into specific complaints.
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Kiren Rijiju, the minorities minister, reaffirmed that such petitions are forwarded to concerned authorities of state governments for taking action.
In its reply to Wilson’s written question, Rijiju said 568 complaints had reached the NCM in 11 years. Following UP, Delhi ranked in the second position with 80 complaints, while both Madhya Pradesh and Haryana had 33 cases each. Meanwhile, Kerala had 20 complaints, placing them in the top five.
While there were ten complaints from Karnataka between 2014-15 and 2024-25. The state received no complaints in 2023-24 and 2024-25.
The year 2018-19 received the highest number of complaints, with the NCM receiving 109 complaints. In 2014-15, the number of complaints was 34, while in 2023-24, it was 30, and in 2024-25, it is 29 so far.
Although UP topped the list of complaints, the numbers have witnessed a decline since 2020-21.
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Brittas attacked the centre, stating that maintaining a centralised database on attacks against minorities is “not its mandate”, evading responsibility by claiming that law and order is a state subject.
Meanwhile, Rijiju claimed that the state government are competent to deal with offences under the extant provisions of laws. “Action is taken as per the existing laws by the law-enforcing agencies whenever instances of violence come to notice,” he added.
