The Uttar Pradesh government has got the control of Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards, as their term is now over and elections to the boards have been postponed because of lockdown.
Uttar Pradesh Minister for Minority Affairs Mohsin Raza has, meanwhile, said that CEOs will be appointed by the government to look after the work of the two boards.
The Sunni Waqf Board’s tenure was completed on March 31, while that of the Shia Waqf Board ended on Tuesday.
“Both the boards were constituted during the previous Samajwadi Party regime and large-scale irregularities have been committed by both the boards while dealing with Waqf properties. Muttawalis (caretakers) of Waqf properties have been appointed without adhering to rules. The government has already recommended a CBI inquiry into this,” said Raza.
As per the reports, Sunni Central Waqf Board’s outgoing chairperson Zufar Ahmad Farooqui possesses all the files and documents in connection with the Supreme Court’s decision on the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute in Ayodhya and the approval for the building of a mosque on five-acre land at any other place in Ayodhya.
Farooqui said he was ready to hand over the files to the designated authority of the UP government.
Zufar Farooqui became the Sunni Waqf Board chairman in 2010 during the tenure of Bahujan Samaj Party.
Shia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi took over his post in 2015.
