Former corporator, former PRO of Auqaf-e-Aamma and president of Waqf Bedar Committee Sanat Ullah Siddiqui has alleged that
the formation of Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board is against the Waqf Act 2005 and 2013.
He further alleged that few people tried to defame Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by different allegations and has misled government, party and the court.
As a result they were able to form five members Waqf Board which is incomplete. This is for small states and not for large states like MP, he added. While talking to media persons here on Friday, Siddiqui said that in the constituted Board, there is no representation of Shiya scholar and moreover Auqaf-e-Aamma is an arrangement committee for 300 Waqf committees and using its quota, Shaukat Mohammad Khan became Mutawalli and president of the Board.
He said, “As per rules, the tenure of the board is only for three years, but by using diplomacy the tenure has been extended to five years which is against the rules of the Board.”
In this regard, as per the directives of the High Court HK Jabanz has filed a petition in the Waqf Tribunal which has been accepted and the arguments of the Waqf board has been termed invalid, he added. He further stated that the Auqaf-e-Aamma comprises more than 300 Waqfs of Bhopal district and the property value of the Waqf Board is around Rs 200 crore which includes graveyards, houses and farmlands.
During the tenure of Gufrane Azam the income was around Rs 2 crore, but thereafter it came down by Rs 50 lakh, he further alleged.