Official Hindu Samman Foundation Letter to PMO: Civilizational Policy Framework for Protection of Persecuted Hindu Refugees

Through this Hindu Samman Foundation Letter, we submit a formal representation to the Prime Minister’s Office regarding a long-pending civilizational, humanitarian, and strategic issue that directly concerns India’s identity, constitutional duty, national security interests, and global reputation—namely, the protection, documentation, and welfare of religiously persecuted Hindu minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.

Since 1947, millions of Hindus, Sikhs and other Indic minorities in these regions have faced displacement, dispossession, forced conversions, abductions, temple destruction, and targeted demographic erasure. Entire districts that once had thriving Hindu populations today have negligible presence. Despite this, India does not have a national policy, refugee framework, documentation pathway, or doctrinal guarantee for those who seek refuge in the only civilizational homeland available to them—India.

This letter proposes a Five-Pillar Civilizational Policy Framework to address this historic gap.

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Pillar 1: National Refugee Policy – Core of this Hindu Samman Foundation Letter

India urgently needs a National Hindu Refugee Policy that recognizes:

• Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Afghan Hindus as religiously persecuted minorities
• Their displacement as force majeure, not voluntary migration
• India as their natural civilizational asylum destination

This does not require UNHCR ratification or foreign intervention. India can legislate domestically based on:

• Civilizational responsibility
• Constitutional dignity
• Humanitarian norms
• Strategic clarity

Pillar 2: Documentation & Identity Framework (Aadhaar + Refugee Card)

A core issue is lack of identification, especially Aadhaar, which today requires valid visa, permanent address, and supporting documents. Persecuted refugees often possess none.

A. Aadhaar “Resident-Refugee” Category

HSF requests that UIDAI introduce a new category:

This category would allow:

• Aadhaar issuance
• Bank accounts
• PAN
• SIM cards
• Hospital admissions
• Insurance & pensions
• Ration access
• School admissions

— without conferring citizenship.

B. National Refugee Card (NRC-R)

The card should:

• Serve as core non-citizen ID
• Store biometric & documentary data
• Enable welfare access
• Enable lawful employment
• Assist state and police verification
• Create national statistical clarity

Pillar 3: Sovereign Security Doctrine in this Hindu Samman Foundation Letter

India is the sole civilizational homeland for Hindus. For persecuted Hindus from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, India represents the only realistic refuge.

HSF proposes a Sovereign Security & Humanitarian Responsibility Doctrine declaring that:

This doctrine provides:

1. Moral clarity
2. Diplomatic leverage
3. Humanitarian leadership
4. Civilizational continuity

It is a soft adaptation of Israel’s global Jewish protection doctrine, tailored to India—without militaristic language.

General Islamic Persecution Clause

India must also reserve humanitarian flexibility to document and receive persecuted Hindus and Indic minorities from other Islamic nations where religious persecution is officially instituted or socially enforced, without naming specific states to avoid diplomatic friction.

Pillar 4: State Capacity Architecture (Ministry + Commission + Registry)

Policy must be backed by machinery. HSF proposes creation of:

A. Ministry (or Division) for Persecuted Refugees

Mandate:

• Refugee registration
• Documentation & cards
• Coordination with States
• Housing and welfare planning
• International data exchange

This may start as a Joint Secretary–level Division under MHA if a full ministry is not immediately feasible.

B. National Commission for Persecuted Hindu Minorities

Mandate:

• Hearings
• Data collection
• Legal recommendations
• Coordination with NHRC + MEA
• Diaspora liaison

C. National Registry of Persecuted Hindus (NRPH)

To document persecution of Hindus & Indic minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh & Afghanistan (1947–Present), including:

• Killings
• Abductions
• Forced conversions
• Temple destruction
• Mass exodus
• Demographic erasure

This creates memory, evidence & future accountability.

Pillar 5: Diplomatic & Information Strategy (MEA + I&B)

A. MEA “Persecuted Minorities Desk”

Mandate:

• Receive alerts from families abroad
• Monitor persecution indicators
• Coordinate safe passage for high-risk cases
• Liaise with diaspora & NGOs

This is crucial for Afghan and Bangladeshi Hindu & Sikh communities abroad, especially those displaced to Europe (e.g., Germany, UK, Canada), who may seek eventual civilizational repatriation.

B. I&B Awareness Mechanism

Mandate:

• Periodic bulletins
• Documentary storytelling
• Diaspora awareness
• Humanitarian visibility

This creates national consciousness, international accountability, diaspora solidarity, and diplomatic pressure.

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Security & Humanitarian Logic – Why This Hindu Samman Foundation Letter Matters

This framework is not merely moral—it is strategic. It:

• Prevents illegal trafficking
• Reduces vulnerability to cross-border radical networks
• Prevents forced conversions abroad
• Protects women from targeted abductions
• Reduces foreign intelligence manipulation
• Strengthens India’s soft power among diaspora
• Consolidates civilizational legitimacy

HSF as Supporting Institution

HSF offers to support the Government of India in:

• Documentation & verification operations
• Registry & data-building
• Diaspora coordination (Afghan, Pakistani, Bangladeshi Hindus)
• Humanitarian reporting
• Legal & policy feedback
• Community integration support

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Conclusion

For 79 years, persecuted Hindus from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan have lived in India without:

• Refugee policy
• Documentation pathway
• Civilizational guarantee
• Institutional protection

This Hindu Samman Foundation Letter does not criticize any government or leader. It simply proposes a civilizational doctrine and humanitarian framework aligned with India’s identity, constitution and strategic interests.