In the Rajya Sabha on Thursday Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the government and then the Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) held extensive discussions from various parties regarding the Waqf Amendment Bill and through it the Waqf Board has been made inclusive.
Monitoring provision
Rijiju further said that the bill has a provision for Mutavalli, its administration and monitoring on it. Rijiju said, & lsquo; In any way Waqf Board does not manage Waqf property and does not interfere in it. ‘& Rsquo;
Minority Affairs Minister compared to the functioning of JPC and the current JPC on the bill brought to amend this law in 2013, saying that compared to that, the number of members of the new committee, number, number of meetings, number of states discussing states is very high.
He said that through this bill, there will be no intervention of anyone other than Muslims in Waqf matters and whatever misconceptions are being spread about it, they are baseless.
Rijiju
Rijiju said that the work of the Charity Commissioner (Charity Commissioner) has been arranged in the bill, its only job is whether the Waqf Board and the lands under it are being managed properly or not. He said that through this, the government and the Waqf Board will not interfere in any religious functioning of any religious institution including the mosque.
He referred to the decisions of the Kerala High Court and Allahabad High Court, saying that the Waqf Board is a statutory unit and its responsibility is secular, not religious. He said that according to these courts, Waqf boards have been formed to monitor Mutavalli.
The code of conduct was transferred before it is implemented
Rijiju said that on March 5, 2014, the then UPA government transferred 123 main properties under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to Delhi Waqf Board."Text-Align: justify;"> Rijiju said that according to the 2013 amendment, any person can vaqf. He said that it has been provided in the new bill that only the person who follows Islam for five years can warn the land.
He said that in the new bill, members of all the firings of Islam will be placed in the Waqf Board. He said that the intention of the government is to make this bill inclusive. The minister said that the law to be implemented after the passage of this bill was new name & lsquo; hope & rsquo; (Unified Waqf Management MOPORENT, Efficiency and Development) Act, which should not object to anyone.
Railway and Defense Department after the most assets with Waqf Board
According to Rijiju, it is said that the Waqf Board has the most assets after the railway and the Department of Defense in India. He said that if seen, the Waqf Board has the highest assets in the world because the land of the railway and defense department is the property of the country.
He clarified that if the solution to the case related to Waqf has gone out, then the provisions of this bill will not apply to such cases but no matter is under consideration in court, nothing can be done for it.
poor Muslims will have welfare
He said that the provisions of this bill will allow the welfare of poor Muslims of the country and will help in their upliftment due to better management of properties coming under the Waqf Board. Minority Affairs Minister said that the bill provides that if a person wants to wake up his land, then the widow or a widow or the wealth with the rights of the priest children will not be able to be vowed.
He said that apart from this, monuments or lands under the National Property or Archaeological Survey of India will not be declared as Waqf property. He said that today more than 31 thousand cases are pending in cases related to Waqf, so the Waqf Tribunal has been strengthened.
He said that the bill provides for the right to appeal. He said that if the person feels that he has not got justice in the Waqf Tribunal, then he can appeal in civil courts.