Government land worth Rs 77 crore under Waqf? Uproar in Madhya Pradesh Assembly
India Today
A recent Comptroller and Auditor General of India report presented in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly reveals extensive irregularities in the registration of government land as Waqf property, leading to significant controversy, official investigations, and political accusations.
A major political row broke out in Madhya Pradesh after a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) was tabled in the Assembly, flagging large-scale irregularities in the registration of Waqf properties. The audit has revealed that between 2018 and 2023, government land worth about Rs 77 crore across 20 districts was recorded as Waqf property, allegedly in violation of established procedures, triggering uproar inside and outside the House.
According to the CAG’s findings, 81 properties were examined during the audit period, of which 33 — nearly 41 per cent — were found to be government-owned land.
These included parcels housing schools, police stations, forest areas and even land mortgaged to banks.
The report noted that although these lands were entered as state government property in revenue records and earmarked for public use, they were listed as Waqf assets in the Auqaf Register.
The audit has raised serious concerns over what it described as a “lax attitude” on the part of district administrations and questioned the functioning of the Waqf Board in processing such registrations without adequate verification.
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