Amantullah Khan of AAP elected chairman of Delhi Waqf Board

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amantullah Khan has been unanimously elected the new chairman of Delhi Waqf Board.

At a meeting of the Board held at the Divisional Commissioner’s office here onSaturday, Khan’s name was proposed by Chaudhary Sharif while Ejaz Arshad Kasmi seconded the proposal to unanimously elect him the new chairman, a senior government official said.

Khan said his priority as the chairman of the Board will be to free encroached Waqf properties and develop it for the betterment of Muslim community in the city. “A number of valuable properties of the Waqf Board are encroached upon, which need to be freed. I will ensure that these properties are developed and revenue is increased so that welfare of Muslims could be taken up on an extensive scale,” he said.

Functioning of the Board will be improved by removing corruption and computerisation of paper work, he said. “I have heard that corruption has increased, which will be dealt with firmly. We will strive for a corruption-free Board,” he said.

Apart from Khan, Sharif and Kasmi, the Board’s other members SM Ali and Shaqir Ali attended the meeting.