The second meeting of the newly constituted National Commission for Minorities (NCM) held on June 22, 2017 directed that "minority communities may be made aware that the Commission is mandated to look into matters regarding constitutional safeguards for the protection of minority rights.” A summary of the minutes circulated, among others, to the Press, stated that "the chief ministers of all states have been requested to publicize… that the Commission is available as a forum for the rights of minority communities.” The minutes of that meeting also note that the secretary of the Commission Amarendra Sinha has written to the......