CM Adityanath accuses Waqf Board of land encroachment, calls it 'land mafia'
CM Adityanath accuses Waqf Board of land encroachment, calls it 'land mafia'

PRAYAGRAJ: (Apr 3) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Waqf Board, accusing it of land encroachments and asserting that its "arbitrary claims" over public and historical sites would no longer be tolerated.
Speaking at a gathering in Prayagraj, Adityanath said, "The Waqf Board had been making baseless claims over lands across cities. Even during the preparations for the Kumbh Mela, they declared that the event's land belonged to them. We had to ask - ”has the Waqf Board turned into a land mafia?"
He emphasised that under his government, such encroachments had been removed, and mafias had been driven out of Uttar Pradesh.