The Congress Government donated 123 prime properties to the Delhi Waqf Board

New Delhi – Ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress-led-UPA Government gifted 123 prime properties in the capital to the Delhi Waqf Board. As reported by ‘Times Now’, the cabinet took this decision a few days before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. After the decision, a secret note was signed by Additional Secretary JP Prakash, which said, “Denotification of 123 properties in Delhi under the control of Land & Development Office (LNDO) & Delhi Development Authority (DDA) allowing the title to revert to the Delhi Waqf Board be communicated to the Ministry pending formal issuance of minutes”.

#WaqfLandSecretNote#EXCLUSIVE | Days before the 2014 elections, the UPA govt ‘gifts’ 123 prime properties in Delhi to Waqf.

“Please refer to the telephonic request”, @RShivshankar takes us through the details of the ‘secret note’. pic.twitter.com/TfcDOShyPJ

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On 27^th February 2014, the Delhi Waqf Board wrote to the Government of India claiming 123 prime properties in the capital. Interestingly, after receiving this proposal, the cabinet immediately approved it through a secret note. The properties were inherited by the Government of India from the British Government.

Editorial Viewpoints

• The then Congress Government gave away the properties as if they were their own ! Those involved in taking such a decision should be severely punished.
• Congress is a sycophant, who tries to appease the religious fanatics.
• Will Congress, which has taken decisions against the public interest to appease the religious fanatics, ever achieve doing something in the public interest ?
• Nationalists expect the BJP Government to seize the property.