A letter from the West Bengal Minority Affairs Department, directing all District Magistrates to upload data on registered waqf properties in the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) portal, has given the Opposition an opportunity to target the ruling Trinamool Congress government in the State.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed by Parliament in April 2025. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said the law would not be implemented in the State.
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A letter by P.B. Salim, Secretary, West Bengal Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department, to all District Magistrates (DMs) on November 27 states that all the ‘Existing Registered Waqf Properties’ are to be uploaded by the respective mutawallis (managers/trustees) within six months from the date of launch of the UMEED Central Portal. The said six-month period expires on December 5, 2025.
The letter also states that, in West Bengal, there are about 82,000 waqf properties under 8,000 waqf estates to be uploaded by the mutawallis of the waqfs.
