Bengaluru, Aug 31: The Karnataka State Waqf Board is all against the Centre’s Waqf Amendment Bill. A resolution was passed in the meeting of the administrative committee of the Board led by Housing and Minorities Welfare Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan and Waqf Board Chairman Anwar Basha, here recently. It has expressed strong opposition to the Waqf Amendment Bill.
A delegation led by minister Zameer Ahmed Khan and Chief Minister’s Political Secretary Nasir Ahmad submitted a copy of the resolution to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, urging him to write to the union government, opposing the amendment.
The administrative committee stated that it will not provide any information to the Joint Parliamentary Committee formed to review the Bill, the statement said.
They pointed out that the Waqf Board was an autonomous body and the proposed amendment was against the interests of the community. They also suggested that the “intention behind the amendment might be different.”
The meeting also recommended that the state government pass a condemnation resolution in the upcoming session and send it to the Centre. Waqf Board Chairman Anwar Basha, members Maulana Shafi Saadi, G. Yaqub, Advocate Riaz, Advocate Asif Ali, and Maulana Azhar Abidi were present at the meeting.
