Protesters demand CBI inquiry in Shia Waqf board chairman assets

By NDCHronicle.Com Correspondent,

Luknow: A Number of people gathered under the banner of All India Central Board of Azadari and staged a protest march against the chairman of Shia Central Waqf Board Syed Wasim Rizwi. Blaming financial irregularities the protestors demanded his resignation.

They also demanded the authorities to conduct an enquiry into his assets. The protesters demanded that the investigations should be conducted by CBI.

Addressing the gathering Maisam Rizwi, General Secretary of All India Central Board of Azadari said that if the chief Minister Mayawati does not meet their demand they will be bound to stage a protest before the house of cabinet minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui. Naseemuddin was the man who appointed him for the post of Chairman and gaven him the status of cabinet minister.

Maulana Ameer Haider said that first the chairmanship should not be given to a mutawalli and second a mutawalli should be qualified person and should be religious in all aspect. Expressing sorrow on the absence of Maulana Kalbe Jawwad in this protest march Maulana said that very person who is here in this march is Kalbe Jawwad. During the protest protestor chanted the slogan against Secretary of Chief Minister Navneet Sehgal and cabinet minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui.

After the speeches the protestor started to move towards assembly House but the already prepared police stopped them from going any further.

Meanwhile chairman of the Shia central waqf board Wasim Rizwi denied all the allegations and said as Maisam Rizwi is a Samajwadi worker that is why he is doing all these things to get political mileage. He further said that I am ready for the enquiry of all the allegations.