Waqf Board Row: Top Cleric Backs ‘Routine Amendments’; Owaisi Claims Modi Govt Wants To Snatch Autonomy

Waqf Board Row: A upper-rated Muslim cleric Sunday backed rumored amendments within the Waqf Act with a view to curb the powers of the Waqf Board over assets on the identical time as AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi dubbed it as every diverse scan by potential of the Modi authorities to snatch the board’s autonomy and intervene with its workings.

Addressing media evaluations which suggesting that the BJP-led Centre is planning to convey bill to curb the force of the Waqf Board, Dr Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, Chief Imam, All India Imam Company asserted that the proposed modification is a a element of a mode which is finished particularly normally times.

“Amendments have been made within the Waqf Act except now too. t is the need of the hour to do modification and there have bought to be no politics over it,” Dr Ilyasi recounted, though launched that the authorities have bought to be beneficial that the “dignity” of the Waqf board is now not harmed.

“There have bought to be a discussion on the be aware,” he recounted.

BJP desires to snatch Waqf Board’s autonomy

Meanwhile, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi recounted the go turned every diverse scan by potential of the Narendra Modi-led BJP authorities to location off the neutral nature of the Waqf Board, which he claimed turned an assault on the freedom of faith.

“First and foremost, when Parliament is in session, the beneficial authorities is performing in opposition to parliamentary supremacy and privileges and informing the media and now not informing Parliament. I may possibly say that the remainder has been written within the media about this proposed modification potential that the Modi authorities desires to location off the autonomy of the Waqf Board and it desires to intervene. This itself is in opposition to the freedom of faith,” Owaisi told reporters at a presser in Hyderabad.

‘Hindutva agenda’

The Hyderabad MP alleged that the BJP has always been in opposition to those boards and Waqf properties which is a a element of their “Hindutva agenda”.

“Now, in case you perhaps making amendments to the establishment and composition of the Waqf board, there can be administrative chaos, loss of autonomy  and if the keep watch over of the authorities will advance, then the independence of Waqf can be affected,” Owaisi recounted.

“The media evaluations mention that in case of any disputed property, it goes to be surveyed by potential of the BJP CMs and what the can be. There are lots of such dargahs in our India where BJP-RSS claims that they're now not dargahs and mosques, so the manager is in search of to snatch the force of the judiciary,” he claimed.

‘Owaisi never wondered Waqf amendments by potential of previous govts’

Attacking Owaisi’s stance on the position, Dr Ilyasi asked why the Hyderabad MP did now not bring up any questions when amendments had been made within the Waqf Act by potential of previous dispensations.

“When amendments had been made within the course of the previous governments then what did Asaduddin Owaisi or diverse opposition leaders say?,” the cleric asked.

“The opposition mustn't protest in opposition to the total thing. There have bought to be a discussion on it then as soon as further of politics,” he stressed.

Beforehand, evaluations urged that the Centre turned mulling to convey as many as 40 amendments within the Waqf Act within the following Parliament sitting.

(With inputs from carriers)