'Hindus should also get minority status', the central government said this in a meeting with the states

National Desk:
The Central Government has held consultation meetings with all State Governments as well as Union Territories and other stakeholders on the issue of granting minority status to Hindus at the State level.  The Central Government has given this information to the Supreme Court.  After this, till now 24 states and six union territories have presented their views.
The ministry said, “24 states Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Odisha, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa,  The governments of West Bengal, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and six union territories of Ladakh, Dadar Nagar Haveli, Chandigarh, Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry have presented their views.
According to the ministry, the remaining six state governments and union territories - Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan and Telangana - are yet to submit their views.  The ministry said that a reminder was sent to six states and union territories on 21 December 2022 in this matter.  The Ministry of Minority Affairs has given this information in an affidavit.