Waqf Act,1995 : A Tool given to Waqf Boards to snatch the property of Hindus ?
Waqf Act was first passed by the Parliament in 1954. Subsequently it was repealed and a new Waqf Act was passed in 1995 which gave more powers to Waqf Boards. In 2013, this Act was further amended to give unlimited powers to Waqf Boards to snatch anyone’s property,which even could not be challenged in any court of law. In March 2014, just before the commencement of Loksabha Elections, Congress Party gifted 123 prime properties in Delhi to Delhi Waqf Board by using this law. Due to this black law, thousands of acres of land of Hindus have been snatched away in the country so far. Recently Tamilnadu waqf Board has declared 6 Villages of Tamilnadu, including a 1500 years old Hindu Temple as Waqf property. Simply put, the Waqf Board has unlimited powers to claim properties in the name of Muslim charity. But to understand how he got this right, we have to turn the pages of history. In fact, the Hindus who came to India after partition from Pakistan, their propert...