Only Hindu staff in Tirumala but Centre wants non-Muslims in Waqf: Owaisi

Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Owaisi said that while the chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has announced the Hindu-only staff policy in Tirumala, the NDA government at the Centre wants to induct non-Muslims in Waqf Boards.

“...Not even a single member of the 24 members of TTD Board (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams) is a non-Hindu...The new Chairman of TTD says that the people working there should be Hindu...We are not against this, we just have an objection to the fact that Narendra Modi's government is saying in the proposed bill of Waqf that in the central Waqf Council, it has been made mandatory that 2 non-Muslims members should be there...Why are you bringing this provision in the Waqf bill? ” Owaisi was quoted as saying by ANI.

He added: "TTD is a board of the Hindu religion and Waqf Board is for the Muslim religion. There should be parity...When the trustees of TTD cannot be Muslims, how will a non-Muslim member be on the Waqf Board?..."