Government has said that there is a need for judicial reforms to go hand in hand with police reforms to ensure fair and speedy delivery of justice in cases related to the minorities in the country. Addressing the 2-day annual conference of the States Minorities Commissions in New Delhi today, Law and Justice minister Salman Khurshid called for the change in perception towards the minorities by the police when dealing with law and order related issues in the society and the vice versa.

Mr Khurshid said several state governments are now seriously reflecting on what can be done to improve the police machinery. He said that in this direction, a lot of resources, political will and consensus building is requried. He said conceptual clarity, for example about the term minority, is a problem in the country and needs to be tackled.

Our correspondent reports that this year the theme of the conference is– ‘Police and Minorities’. Some NGOs and human rights activists working for minority welfare are also participating in the conference.