Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Chairman BR Naidu on Monday rejected AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s assertion evaluating the Waqf Board with the temple’s governing physique. He mentioned the comparability between the 2 our bodies is baseless as a result of the Waqf Board is an actual property firm whereas Tirumala is a temple.
Owaisi mentioned final week that if Muslims can’t be trustees of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) then how can a non-Muslim be on the Waqf board?
“This assertion is baseless, the waqf board is an actual property firm… How can he evaluate it with Tirumala? Tirumala is a Hindu temple. There have been calls for for a few years that non-Hindus shouldn’t be in Tirumala. It isn’t my private (opinion)… Sanatana Dharma says solely Hindus ought to be there. We’re engaged on that and we are going to resolve within the first board assembly,” he mentioned.
What did Owaisi say on the Waqf invoice?
Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned on Saturday that the Modi authorities’s proposed Waqf modification invoice, which makes it obligatory to incorporate two non-Muslims on the panel, was mistaken.
“Not even a single member of the 24 members of TTD Board (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams) is a non-Hindu…The brand new Chairman of TTD says that the folks working there ought to be Hindu…We’re not towards this, we simply have an objection to the truth that Narendra Modi’s authorities is saying within the proposed invoice of Waqf that within the central Waqf Council, it has been made obligatory that 2 non-Muslim members ought to be there…Why are you bringing this provision within the Waqf invoice?” he mentioned.
“TTD is a board of the Hindu faith and Waqf Board is for the Muslim faith. There ought to be parity…When the trustees of TTD can’t be Muslims, how will a non-Muslim member be on the Waqf Board?” he added.
BR Naidu mentioned final week that he would focus on with the Centre his demand that non-Hindu workers working at Tirumala be transferred or given voluntary retirement.
“I’ll speak to the federal government concerning the folks from different religions working in Tirumala on precedence whether or not to shift them to different departments or give them VRS,” he mentioned.
The Waqf (Modification) Invoice, 2024 seeks to introduce digitization, stricter audits, and transparency within the Waqf Board, which owns and manages properties linked to Islam.
With inputs from ANI
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