Sir, I wish to speak in Tamil while participating in this discussion on National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions Bill 2009. In our Indian body polity, minorities must have their rightful place. The rights of the minorities under Article are specified in our constitution. Under the guidance of Madam Sonia Gandhi, the Chairperson of UPA, Minister of Human Resources Development in the Union council of Ministers headed by our Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, has brought about several welfare measures meant for the minorities. Much has been done to bring about change in the lives of minorities in these four to five years during the tenune of UPA Government. I would like to point out that in certain states especially in the BJP ruled states, getting approval to run Minority Educational Institutions is in itself a problem and it is just not available. Section is being amended just because the minorities are denied of their rights in the opposition ruled States. This amendment seeks to protect their rights. I have a humble request to make. Minority Commission has got just three members as of now. It is said that about Rs. 13 lacs is being spent on each member of the commission. This Bill seeks to protect the rights of minorities especially the Islamic community as it remains to be the socially most backward community. There must be provision for three members from Muslim Community. Along with a Sikh member and a Chistran member there can be five more members in this commission. The money spent on them could be about Rs. 65 lakhs. This amount is just a drop in the massive Budget of ours as the Centre deals with about Rs. 6,00,000 crore and more. In these four years 4279 complaints have been received and 3932 have been disposed off after.
