Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu wrote a letter to Premier Modi, withdrawed on the proposed amendment in the WAQF Act withdrew

Chennai, April 2 (IANS). Mk Stalin, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, wrote a letter to Premier Narendra Modi on Wednesday demanding the central government to withdraw the amendments proposed in the WAQF Act of 1995. In this letter, the chief minister said that the proposed amendment could cause serious damage to the interests of the Muslim community and violate the rights of the minorities provided by the Constitution. In a letter written to Premier Modi, Chief Minister Stalin said that the Tamil Nadu state is at the forefront of protecting the rights of minorities, living with harmony and religious harmony in the state. He said that the Constitution of India gives every citizen the right to follow their religions and to maintain and protect this right is the duty of the elected governments. However, the proposed amendments in the Waqf Act, 1995, did not take into account the constitutional protection given to the minorities, and is expected to cause serious damage to the interests of the Muslim community. The provisions of the current WAQF Act have complied with the test of time and it provides protection to the assets of WAQF. The proposed amendments to the WAQF Act will weaken the powers and responsibilities of WAQF directions in the management and safety of WAQF properties. He said that the existing act would weaken the basic spirit of the proposed Large -scale Amendment Act in different divisions. For example, the proposal to include compulsory two non-Muslim members in the state WAQF board directives will weaken the religious autonomy of the Muslim community’s ability to manage its religious and charity funds independently. The removal of the ‘WAQF’ determination by the user threatens the status of many historical WAQF properties. The condition that only the individuals who followed at least five years of Islam can donate property to WAQF prevent non-Muslims from donating property to WAQF that will hinder the country’s coordination culture. Since the current WAQF Act, 1995, is sufficient and there are clear provisions for protecting the interests and assets of WAQF, we believe that there is no need for such a distant amendments in the current WAQF Act, 1995. manner of the way of the way. 2024. I attach a copy of the proposal of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and request your personal intervention in protecting the interests of Muslim minority people and the preservation of WAQF institutions. -Ians PSK/GKT shares this story tags