Amaravati: YSR Congress party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Amjad Basha has criticised the coalition government in the state for withdrawing the Government Order issued to set up the State Waqf Board.
He said Waqf Board members were appointed following the guidelines in all categories in 2023 but the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) moved court and filed three petitions when Chairman was about to be elected.
The matter is still pending in the court and how can the Board be dissolved, he asked adding that the coalition government has withdrawn the Government Order (GO) only to forcibly take away Waqf lands. The reason the government is citing is that the Board was not functioning. When the matter was in court how there can be any activity, he asked.
“Unlike Chandrababu Naidu, we did not cancel the Board in 2023. The members had left on their own, but the coalition has done it with vengeance,” he said adding that they will take legal recourse.
The former Deputy CM also said that minorities are against the Waqf Board (Amendment) Bill of the Centre.
