SAD condemns Wakf Board for doing away with provision of making Punjabi knowledge compulsory for recruitment
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) condemned the Punjab Wakf Board for taking an anti-Punjabi decision by doing away with the provision which made knowledge of Punjabi mandatory for recruitment into its ministerial staff. It also requested chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to intervene in the matter immediately.
Former minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said the Wakf Board had taken this anti-Punjab decision recently to facilitate the recruitment of outsiders. He said that Wakf Board Chairman Junaid Raza Khan, who belonged to Rampur, had recently amended the Punjab Wakf Board (Ministerial Staff) Regulations, 2019 to make knowledge of Punjabi non-compulsory for direct recruitment to the Board.
Cheema said that the intentions of the Chairman were clear from the fact that when five of the ten members of the Board opposed this move Junaid Raza ensured the Regulations could be amended through his casting vote. “The Chairman has also defended his actions by stating that the amendment has been carried out to invite the best talent from other States and improve the functioning of the Board”.
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He said that the move would further restrict the employment of Punjabis to the Board and should be withdrawn immediately. “The chief minister should also replace the Wakf Board Chairman and entrust this responsibility to a Punjabi so that the latter could utilize the services of Punjabis to run the Board for the welfare of the Muslim community of Punjab”.
-PTC News
