Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on September 22 slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stating that there has been reservation for women in the Waqf Board since 2013.
Owaisi highlighted that there is no restriction on the inclusion of Pasmanda Muslims in the Waqf Board. Stressing the fact that there is no role for women or reservation for backward classes in the Bihar Hindu Religious Trust Act 1950, the Hyderabad MP asked if the BJP would amend the Act.
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“If there is so much love for Pasmanda Muslims, why aren’t they included in the Scheduled Caste? Why are attempts being made to remove Muslims from the Backward Caste list at various places?” he asked.
The AIMIM President was responding to Union minister Giriraj Singh, who said, “A law should be made in the Waqf Board and poor Muslim women and Pasamanda should get a place in it. Waqf should not go on a land-grabbing spree. The Congress gave so many rights to the Waqf Board, ‘Na Khaata na Bahi, jo Waqf kahe wahi sahi.”
