Haryana Government has decided to constitute Minority Commission before the lok Sabha elections 2014 in the State. “All the formalities for constituting the minority commission have been completed and a note will be presented before the next cabinet for formal approval”, SC Choudhary, chief secretary of Haryana said.
The demand to set up State Minority Commission has been raised from time to time to woo the minorities --Sikhs and Muslims in the state. In the Congress, demand has been raised to give at least two of the ten lok Sabha seats to candidates from minority communities, Kurukshetra for a Sikh candidate and Faridabad for a Muslim candidate.
People from Muslim community primarily are based in southern Haryana while the Sikh community is based in Kurkushetra, Pehowa, Ambala and Karnal in north Haryana. Sources said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda got approval from the Congress high command to constitute the Minority Commission for the people of minority community as part of its exercise to include demands and aspirations of all sections of people in its 2014 election manifesto.
Party Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan, among the senior leaders had interacted with the communities to incorporate their views and suggestions in the party’s manifesto for the next lok Sabha polls. "Constitution of the Minorities Commission in Haryana will help give the message that Congress cares for the minorities and it would help electorally," a senior congress leader in the State admitted.