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TS urged to secure Wakf properties
The Centre here on Wednesday urged the Telangana government to pass a resolution in the Assembly to secure all Wakf properties in the State through lawful means to prevent its encroachment and illegal sale.
‘Six lakh acres of Wakf property is spread all over India. If we develop them according to the Sachchar Committee Report, they will provide anywhere between Rs 20,000 crore and 25,000 crore per annum’
New Delhi: The Centre here on Wednesday urged the Telangana government to pass a resolution in the Assembly to secure all Wakf properties in the State through lawful means to prevent its encroachment and illegal sale.
Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Najma Heptullah, told a delegation of the TRS government headed by its Deputy Chief Ministers Kadiyam Srihari and Mahmood Ali and its MPs and special representatives that the government should send the resolution to the Centre for it to act upon. The resolution would be helpful to the Centre in amending the relevant Acts to protect properties.
It may be recalled that the Centre had been planning to register the property belonging to Muslim Sunni and Shia Waqf boards in the country and develop the same to fund minority welfare activities.
"Six lakh acres of Wakf property is spread all over India. If we develop them according to the Sachchar Committee Report, they will provide anywhere between Rs 20,000 crore and 25,000 crore per annum. This money can be used for the welfare and upliftment of Muslims in the country," Heptullah had recently claimed.
She added that to make this happen, Wakf Boards would have to be reconstituted and the property belonging to them be registered to facilitate their digitisation. Linkages with 'Aadhaar' number will also be provided to bring in transparency in the activities.
"Some people may feel bad about these measures, but these are for the benefit of the Muslims. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has entrusted me to oversee their implementation. Our officers have started discussing it with Wakf boards," Heptullah said earlier during one of her press conferences.
The Telangana Government's delegation had earlier detailed to her the misuse of Wakf properties and the need to ensure action against it.
