NEW DELHI: Former minority affairs minister and senior BJP chief Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has urged the Waqf system to maneuver past its “touch-me-not” syndrome, following the federal government’s plan to introduce a Invoice to amend the 1995 legislation governing Waqf boards. This modification goals to make sure extra accountability and transparency of their functioning and mandates the inclusion of ladies in these our bodies.Sources point out this transfer is in response to calls for from throughout the Muslim neighborhood.
The proposed Invoice would require Waqf boards to register their properties with district collectors to determine their precise valuation.
Naqvi expressed his views by means of a put up on X, emphasizing the necessity for the Waqf system to adapt and modernize.
“The Waqf system must come out of the insanity of ‘touch-me-not’ syndrome-politics,” Naqvi acknowledged.
He additional commented on the resistance to vary, saying, “communal assault on inclusive reforms will not be proper.”
A number of Muslim organizations and clerics, together with the All India Muslim Private Legislation Board, have expressed their opposition to the proposed amendments. They imagine any interference with the authorized standing and powers of Waqf boards is unacceptable.
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has criticized the federal government’s transfer, claiming it seeks to undermine the autonomy of Waqf boards. He accused the BJP-led NDA authorities of getting an agenda in opposition to Waqf boards and properties.
“The BJP has been in opposition to Waqf boards and Waqf properties ‘from the start’ and it has made makes an attempt to complete these as per its ‘Hindutva agenda’,” Owaisi asserted.
