New Delhi:
AIMIM chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi filed a petition against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Supreme Court, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha last night.
One of the main materials of Shri Owissi was to include non-Muslim members in Waqf Council and State Boards.
In an interview to NDTV, the head of the All India Majlis-e-Itihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) also said that the BJP government is using its majority in Parliament, but to destroy and snatch the rights of Muslims.
“… if you look at the Central Waqf Council, out of 22 members, can be 11 and can be non-Muslim; 10 should be Muslim. This bill says that you come into the formation of the State Waqf Board.-Of the 11, the compulsory four should be Muslims.
“So basically, you will manage the affairs of the Waqf Board, which is not possible in the Hindu Sampacks Board, Jain Endowment Board, or Bandbandhak Committee on Gurudwara. It is a serious violation of the constitution in itself … Unfortunately, the Home Minister was deliberately misleading,” he said.
On the question of whether his politics can be seen as a retrograde if he has been seen as a significant improvement measure, it opposed it, Mr. Owissi said, “You are using your majority in Parliament, but to snatch all rights, to destroy a law for a war, to destroy a law for a war, to destroy.”
On the allegations of controversial Section 40 and Waqf land mismanagement, the AIMIM chief told NDTV, “I have been a member of the Joint Working Committee and I can just share with you that when I asked this special question about this so -called misuse of Section 40 with other members, you knew that we knew that we were used in the last 30 years.
“Of that, only eight people have gone to court. Now the same Section 40 provision is present in Tamil Nadu Endowment Board, Telangana and Andhra Endowment Board … In a case, the Supreme Court, provided with the use of 40, saved a property … You can leave you, which can stop you, which can stop you, but cannot do it. The actual complaint, but a special section was left out.
A major part of his speech in Parliament was on ‘Waqf by User’, which limited the Waqf Tribunal capacity to identify properties based on historical use. For several decades, how a time on a property addresses such a struggle on a property based on its use, Mr. Owaisi said that the ‘Waqf by user’ was retained by the Supreme Court in the decision of the Ayodhya Ram temple.
“This is illegal for a government to completely reverse the Supreme Court’s decision … If as a Waqf Board, I cannot use Waqf using against the government, where I will use it? The Hindu Sanskriting Board has the same provision in the only provision … You are refusing me everything, how can I protect my property?
He said that “one more fruitful law must have come”, the debate was for one and four-five months.
“In a week, we have been sitting for four days, three to four hours every day. I should give credit to all members (MPs), even if we are from which party. [ruling alliance MPs] We were pushing us … The government was not ready, unfortunately, to listen to our view, to accept all these issues. They just wanted to bulldes and said. Now he has enacted an unconstitutional law, which will be challenged and will be rejected by the right -thinking people of this country, “AIMIM said.
Other leaders who filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the proposed law are Congress MP Mohammad Joud, who called the Waqf Bill “violation of the fundamental rights of Muslims”.
