The Congress which is opposing the waqf bill has constituted neither a waqf board no haj committee in the last two and a half year of being in power in power in Himachal pradesh Ahmad shah said on Wednsday. The Congress has been opposeing the changes to the waqf law and called the waqf (amendment) Bill an attack on the basic structure of the constitution.
Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednsday Tabled The WAQF (Amendment) Bill, 2025, as proposed by a joint parliamentary committee, in the location for considation and passage.
Shah, who was a member of the state’s Waqf Board under the Previous BJP Dispensation, Welcome the Tableing of the Bill in Parliament. “In the absence of a waqf board in Himachal Pradesh, Rent Issues are pending and people are being subjected to unnecessary trust,” He Told the Pti.
He assessed that the previous BJP government constituted a state waqf board within one month of assuming charge.
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“Huge Properties are Owned by the Waqf Board Countrywide and Still a Large Number of Muslims are Living in Poverty BeCause Noting has been done for them and on Said. Shah said Ideally, The Waqf Board Should Pay the Electricity and Water Bills of All Mosques Under It but it only pays the salaryies of imm. All other expenses are borne by smallcomittees and there is no account of money earned by the waqf board, he said. According to the bill, Trusts Created by Muslims under any law will no longer be considesdered waqf, ensuring full control over the Trusts. It also proposes that an officer Above the rank of collector will Investigate Government Properties Claimed as Waqf.
In case of disputes, the Senior Government Official will have the final saying on whether a property belongs to waqf or the government. This replaces the existing system where such decisions are made by Waqf Tribunals.