Nomination of Members in Minority Institutions
The institutions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Minority Affairs:
Haj Committee of India (HCoI) Central Waqf Council (CWC), National Waqf Development Corporation, Maulana Azad Education Foundation, National Commission for Minorities, National Minorities Development &
Finance Corporation, and Dargah Khawaja Saheb, Ajmer.
Out of the said institutions, Lok Sabha members are nominated in two
institutions namely CWC, New Delhi, and Haj Committee of India, Mumbai. As per
Section 9 (2) of the Waqf Act, 1995, the
Central Government is to appoint two
Members of Parliament (from amongst Muslims)
from Lok Sabha as Members for Central Waqf Council.
Further, as per Section 4(i), of the Haj
Committee Act, 2002, two members of Lok Sabha are to be nominated by the
Speaker Lok Sabha from among its Muslim Members to be members of the Haj Committee
of India. Posts falling vacant and filling up of said posts is an ongoing
process and the same is done as per provisions of concerned Acts and policies
of the Government.
This
information was given by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.