UP Government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is planning to merge Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards and to form a single Uttar Pradesh Muslim Waqf Board. Minister of State for Waqf, Mohsin Raza told reporters that this move would prevent wastage of money and check corruption since both the boards have serious corruption allegations against them.
The Minister said the UP Muslim Waqf Board when constituted will have members of both Sunni and Shia communities and its Chairman will be selected from among them. The Government is studying several recommendations and proposal from the concerned department to finalize. It will be sent for approval to the law department, after which the plan will be implemented.
Quoting the Waqf Act 1995, the minister said that Shia or Sunni should have at least 15 percent share in total Waqf units for the constitution of separate boards, which is not the case in Uttar Pradesh where the Shias account for only 5,000 units of the total 24,000 Waqf units.
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