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The Kerala authorities reconstituted the Kerala Waqf Board connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) leaving the 2 posts reserved for non-Muslims vacant and bringing connected committee representatives of politically important Muslim sects.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front authorities besides retained its confidant, M.K. Sakkeer, arsenic the chairperson of the committee, which was reconstituted aft the caller enactment of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act.
The non-Muslims are to beryllium brought connected committee successful the class reserved for a idiosyncratic who has nonrecreational acquisition successful concern management, societal work, concern oregon revenue, agriculture and improvement activities and a idiosyncratic who is simply a subordinate of the Bar Council. The authorities has indicated successful the notification that the 2 persons volition beryllium nominated shortly.
The Kerala authorities reportedly chose to permission the posts reserved for non-Muslims vacant to awesome that it is not successful a hurry to instrumentality the provisions of the Act that was stiffly opposed by Muslim organisations. The politically important determination is besides being viewed arsenic an effort by the State authorities to support the number communities successful bully humour, particularly up of the Assembly polls.
Incidentally, the Madras High Court had earlier prevented the Tamil Nadu Board from exercising immoderate powers and functions nether the Act arsenic the Tamil Nadu authorities had excessively near the 2 posts unfilled.
Other members
CPI(M) leaders A.A. Rahim, MP, and Kunhammed Kutty Master, MLA, are included successful the committee arsenic representatives of MPs and MLAs.
Samastha person K. Ummer Faizi, a typical of the E.K. faction of Sunni Muslims, was nominated arsenic the typical of Muttawalli, and P.U. Ali, who reportedly belongs to the AP faction of Sunni Muslims, was picked up successful the class reserved for an eminent student of Islamic theology.
The committee volition person 3 women nominees against the statutory request of two. Sareena Salam of Kasaragod, a subordinate of the Kasaragod territory panchayat, and Sumitha Nisaf, vice- chairperson of the Kodungalloor municipality, person been picked from among the women section assemblage representatives of the State.
V.M. Rahana, Additional Secretary, Law department, Kerala government, who was a subordinate of the erstwhile board, has been retained.
The members volition bask a tenure of 5 years.
C.K. Usman Haji, a businessman from Malappuram, has been accommodated connected the committee arsenic a idiosyncratic having nonrecreational acquisition successful concern management.
The recently constituted committee volition conscionable shortly, said Mr. Sakkeer.
