Several opposition leaders vow to oppose any bill to amend Waqf Act
The bill to amend the Wakf Act, 1995, if it is introduced and passed, will make it mandatory for the Waqf boards to register their properties with the district collectors to ensure their actual valuation. There are 30 Waqf boards in the country.
The sources on Sunday pointed out that the revenue generated by all Waqf properties is estimated at Rs 200 crore per annum. This is not in sync with the number of properties such bodies have, they said.
The government is all set to bring a bill in Parliament to amend the 1995 law governing the Waqf boards to ensure more accountability and transparency in their functioning and mandatory inclusion of women in these bodies, sources said on Sunday.
They claimed that the move comes in the backdrop of demands from within the Muslim community.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said his party will oppose the Centre's move to bring a bill in Parliament to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards, and accused the BJP of trying to snatch the rights of Muslims.
«We will be against it (Wakf Act amendment bill),» Yadav told reporters when asked about the proposed amendment
«BJP's only work is to divide Hindus and Muslims, snatch the rights of Muslim brothers and work on the manner in which to snatch the rights given to them in the Constitution,» he said after paying tributes to late MP and party leader Janeshwar Mishra on his birth anniversary in Lucknow.
IUML's E T Mohammed Basheer said the move on the part of the government is ill-intentioned.
«A committee was appointed
