AAP MLA from Okhla, Amantullah Khan, has been unanimously elected the new chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board.
At a meeting of the board held at the divisional commissioner’s office here on Saturday, Mr Khan’s name was proposed by Chaudhary Sharif, while Ejaz Arshad Kasmi seconded the proposal to unanimously elect him the new chairman, a senior government official said.
Mr Khan said his priority as the chairman of the board will be to free encroached Waqf properties and develop it for the betterment of Muslim community in the city.
“A number of valuable properties of the Waqf Bo-ard are encroached which need to be freed. I will en-sure that these properties are developed and revenue is increased so that welfare of Muslims in Delhi could be taken up on an extensive scale,” he said.
