NAWADCO: It looks like Smriti Irani has turned over a new leaf. Irrespective of her former profile as a politician, her current tenure as Minister of Women and Child Development Affairs, as well as Minister of Minority Affairs is nothing less than remarkable, and now Waqf Board is all set to have a hard time.
Analysing the reasons why National Waqf Board may soon be dismantled, all thanks to Smriti Irani. Let’s begin with the report.
NAWADCO to be closed?
Recently, Smriti Irani took part in the Republic Summit 2023. As she conversed with popular journalist Arnab Goswami, she mentioned that she will create equality if a particular right is denied to every other religion in the country except one particular religion.
Subsequently, when Arnab Goswami quizzed her on the allegation of being anti-minority as the minister of minority affairs, and whether she is going to break down NAWADCO, to which she simply replied, “NAWADCO is the only Section 25 company in the country that has been given the mandate to take money, especially from the taxpayers, to help maintain, develop, and economically resuscitate private waqf properties.”
“That it is an anomaly is true that there is no other Section 25 company in the country where taxpayers’ money is used to maintain personal private properties of a particular religious dispensation in the country. But I will not be taking any administrative decisions in a summit. I can only assure you this because your summit talks of a time of transformation, that since this right is denied to every other religion in the country, I will bring it up to par. I will create equality,” She added.
The many violations of National Waqf Board
It comes as no surprise, when Smriti Irani as the minority minister has presided over various decisions that have bid goodbye to institutionalized appeasement. But the question remains: What is NAWADCO? In the words of Smriti Irani herself, “There is an institution called NAWADCO (National Waqf Development Corporation Limited). It is made, in fact, by Shri Manmohan Singh in January 2014 just before the general elections.”
Smriti Irani added, “There is a cold run in which the Congress party wants this country to boil in. And that cold run is called religion. Do not set fire to things. If I can recollect correctly, the date of its establishment was the 28th of January 2014. I wonder why Dr Manmohan Singh felt that a Section 25 company has to be specifically created to look after the private properties of a particular religious community.”
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“I have never spoken to Dr Manmohan Singh about it. But I believe that there is a sense of outrage about it as you have rightly exhibited it. I cannot be irresponsible and make pronouncements about what am I to do with that particular institution. I can only say that I am sworn to uphold the Constitution and ensure that all Indians are equal. I promise you that equality is all that I will save.”
To be honest, ever since Smriti Irani has become the Minister of Minority Affairs, she has been ensuring that institutionalized appeasement is get rid of. But given that the National Waqf Development Corporation might be possibly dismantled, it seems that she is not done yet.
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