Kakkanad: Syro-Malabar Church Synod has assessed that Christians are being discriminated against in government-sponsored schemes for promoting minority communities. Legally, the Minority Welfare Department reserves 80% of the expenditure exclusively for a minority group.
According to the findings of the Left Front government, the Paoli Mohammedkutty Committee, the formula for 80% of aid for Muslims and 20% for minorities and other minorities is based on the erroneous conclusion that this category is for the poor. The Synod urged the government to implement justice as this action is undemocratic and inimical to secular values.
The government should be quick to implement the provision of minority benefits to the population. Free Coaching Centers for Competitive Examinations like PSC, UPSC, Bank & Railways. More than 45 centers in Kerala run by Minority Department at government expenditure.
In addition, the government has to decide whether thirty of the 39 committee members present in Kerala at the District Minority Coordination Committees are from the same community.
