Proposal to relax conditions for Linguistic Minority Educational Institutions submitted

Bengaluru, June 16:
A delegation led by MLC Puttanna submitted a memorandum to Housing and Minority Welfare Minister Zameer Ahmad Khan to apply the same standards imposed on religious minority educational institutions to linguistic minority educational institutions.

The delegation met the minister at Vikas Soudha here on Saturday and discussed several conditions imposed on linguistic minority educational institutions, including the mandatory provision of 25 per cent of seats to students from the respective linguistic minority community. This has caused problems, and the delegation proposed relaxing these conditions to provide fair justice to both linguistic and religious minorities in accordance with their constitutional fundamental rights.

They emphasized that linguistic and religious minorities have been granted equal special status to establish educational institutions to promote and preserve their language and religion. Therefore, the conditions and standards imposed on religious minority educational institutions should also be applied to linguistic minority educational institutions, and orders should be issued accordingly.

Zameer instructed the department officials to review the pros and cons and take further action on this matter.

Department Secretary Manoj Jain and other officials were present at the meeting.

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