Breaking News LIVE: Kiren Rijiju On UMEED Registration
On the UMEED Portal, Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju says, “After making the Waqf Law, we had launched the UMEED portal and a six-month duration was given to the concerned parties to register all the Waqf properties on the portal. Today is the last day, and lakhs of properties have still not been registered. Many MPs and social leaders came to me requesting an extension of the deadline. Till now, more than 1.5 lakh Waqf properties have been registered on the UMEED Portal… I assure all mutawallis that for the next three months, we will not impose any penalties or take any strict action on those who register on the ‘UMEED’ Portal… If you are unable to register, I request that you go to the tribunal. The Supreme Court was clear on its instructions that the date cannot be extended after the six-month deadline, but the tribunal has the authority to extend it further by upto six months… We try our best to give the maximum relief to our people, but some things are bound by law. Since the Parliament has passed the Waqf Amendment Act, we cannot change the law…”