New Delhi
Facing flak from different quarters over vacancies in the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), the Centre has appointed five members to the panel.
NCM, which has the responsibility of protecting interests of minority communities, was left with no member in March this year. All its seven members, appointed by previous Congress- led UPA-II Govt , had retired between Sept 9, 2015 and March 9 this year.
According to sources in Union Minority Affairs Ministry, social activist from UP Gayarul Hasan will be the chairperson of the Commission. Activist and BJP leader from from Kerala George Kurian, former Maharashtra minister Sulekha Kumbhare, Jain representative from Gujarat Sunil Singhi and Vada Dasturji Khurshed, chief priest of Udvada Athornan Anjuman, are the other members of the panel