New Delhi: The Delhi government has proposed granting ‘migrant minority’ status to Hindus who moved to the national capital from states or Union territories where Hindus are in the minority, like Jammu and Kashmir, according to The Hindu. The views of the Delhi government were articulated in the Union government’s affidavit presented before the Supreme Court, which was hearing a batch of petitions on issues concerning notifying linguistic and religious minorities across the country. The affidavit compiled the views of 24 states and Union territories while six states/UTs are yet to share their views with the Union government.“The followers of Hinduism are not the religious minority in the NCT of Delhi, but the Central government may declare the ‘migrated minority’ status to the followers of Hinduism who are the religious minority in their origin state (i.e., Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, etc) and residing in Delhi after migration from their home state,” Hindustan Times quoted Delhi government as saying.The petitioners in the case called for the identification and notification of linguistic and religious minorities by making districts as units. Most states and UTs argued that the power to identify and notify minorities should be vested with them. Meanwhile, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal favoured the identification of minority communities at a state level but did not stress on a particular faith.The petitioners contend that the identification of minorities at the district level allows socially, economically, and politically non-dominant and numerically inferior communities to get the benefits and protections guaranteed under Articles 29 (protection of interests of minorities) and Article 30 (right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions).They challenged Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, which vests powers with the Union government to notify minorities.