All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has reacted to buzz over Centre's plan to bring a bill to curb the powers of Waqf Board over assets. “Firstly, when Parliament is in session, the central government is acting against parliamentary supremacy and privileges and informing the media and not informing Parliament. I can say that whatever has been written in the media about this proposed amendment shows that the Modi government wants to take away the autonomy of the Waqf Board and it wants to interfere,” AIMIM quoted Owaisi as saying.
According to a media report, the Centre is set to make amendments to the Waqf Act to restrict the powers of the Waqf Board. As per the report, the amendments are aimed to curb the Board's authority to designate any property as ‘Waqf property’. Dig deeper.
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