Mumbai: AIMIM president Haji Farooq Maqbool Shabdi seeks extension in deadline for uploading Waqf properties' documents on UMEED portal

MUMBAI: A day after All India Majlise Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi met minority affairs minister Kiran Rijiju and gave him a letter, seeking extension in the deadline (December 5) for uploading Waqf properties on the UMEED ( Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development) portal, AIMIM Mumbai president Haji Farooq Maqbool Shabdi too has demanded the extension of the deadline.In a statement, he said that, since the uploading process of documents is taking a lot of time, the ministry of minority affairs should increase the last date of uploading the documents of Waqf properties by six months. "There is limited manpower, technical difficulties and a huge number of Waqf properties. It is not possible to upload information about all the Waqf properties within this deadline and the ministry should accept this genuine demand of the community," said Shabdi.

Shabdi added that uploading documents of a single Waqf property is taking 7-8 hours and people are finding it difficult to upload them. Unless the deadline is extended by at least six months, it will not be possible to upload all the documents.

Shabdi is the fourth city president of AIMIM and has announced that his party will fight at least 50.sears in the upcoming BMC polls. He said he is currently strengthening the party's cadre so as to fight the upcoming BMC elections with full force.