Competition for the post of Kodagu District Wakf Board President

Madikeri, Jul. 18: There is a competition between three people in the Kodagu Congress for the post of Kodagu District Wakf Board President. Three senior Congress leaders are trying to get the post of President by using their influence at the state level. Former Wakf Board member and former Secretary of the State Congress Minority Unit Adpole Mohammad Haji of Kunjila village, Kodagu District Congress member Khalid Hakathur and former Wakf Board member and current DCC member Kuppodanda Shafi Haji Edapaal are the three strong aspirants for the post of President.

There are rumors in the Congress circle that one of these three is sure to be the President. The name of the President is likely to be announced soon, and last week, the aspirants for the post of Wakf Board President camped in Bengaluru and met Housing and Wakf Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed and lobbied for the post of President. Most of the Congress minority leaders are swinging the bat in favor of Kunjila's Mohammed Haji. Senior Congress leader Edapaal Shafi is trying to use his influence to get the post of Waqf President. It is learnt that a block Congress president in the Kodagu Congress is pressuring the party to give Shafi Edapaal the post of Waqf Board President.

Discussions are going on silently in the Congress about whether Khalid Hakathur is suitable or possible for the post of Waqf Board President. What is special is that these three aspirants are also Congress leaders from the Virajpet assembly constituency.

Dominance of religious organizations!

A strong aspirant for the post of Kodagu District Waqf Board President is trying to get the post of President using the dominance of religious organizations he has. An aspirant for the post of Waqf Board President, who is identified as a powerful religious organization in Kodagu district, is trying to get the post of President through the leaders of the organization. It is also heard that he is preparing to take the post of President of the Waqf Board with the support of Virajpet assembly constituency MLA A.S. Ponnanna.

For the first time, the government has appointed Shafi Sahadi Bangalore as the Vice President of the Karnataka Waqf Board. Shafi Sahadi had served as the President of the Karnataka Waqf Board during the last BJP government. During this period, Hakim Gonikoppa, who was the President of the Kodagu District BJP Minority Unit, had served as the President of the District Waqf Board. What is special is that a delegation from two religious organizations that are powerful in the Muslim community had also gone to Bengaluru to give the post of President to a strong aspirant for the post of President of the Waqf Board.

But it is said that whoever loses the post of President will definitely be given the post of ‘Vice Chairman’. Last time, Shafi Sahadi had given the post of District Waqf Board Vice President to the leaders of the religious organization he was involved in during his tenure as the State Waqf Board President.

The Kodagu District Congress giving priority to Kodava Muslims in the minority unit had been a cause for discussion among the Congress minorities in Kushalnagar, Madikeri and Somwarpet areas. Now, all three aspirants of the Kodagu Waqf Board are Kodava Muslims.

There are no aspirants for the post of Waqf Board President in the Madikeri assembly constituency this time. On the other hand, there are rumors in the Congress circle that the two MLAs are not too bothered about the post of Waqf Board President. However, it is said that the candidate suggested by A.S. Ponnanna will almost certainly be given the post of President.

Apart from that, information has been made available to the power that whoever Shafi Sahadi, the vice-chairman of the State Waqf Board, is likely to become the chairman. Last week, the government appointed the chairman of the Waqf Board of the neighboring Mysore district, and the announcement of the chairman of the Waqf Board of the Kodagu district is likely to be made soon.- K.M. Ismail Kandakare's opinion

I am confident of getting the chairman's post

I have worked in the Congress party in various positions for the past many years. In the past, I have served as a member of the District Waqf Board for two terms. I have also worked as the secretary of the State Congress Minority Unit. I am confident that the party will give me the post of Waqf Board chairman this time.- Adpole Mohammed Haji Kunji, former Secretary of the State Congress Minority Unit

I am a senior party worker

I have been working for the party from the booth level. Now I have asked for the post of the Waqf Board chairman. I am confident that the party will give me the post. I have the support of senior Congress leaders. I have worked as a member of the Waqf Board in the past. I am confident of getting the post of Kodagu District Waqf Board President.- Shafi Kuppodanda, DCC member.

Committed to the party's decision

I am also an aspirant for the post of Waqf Board President. If the government and the party give me the post of President, I will handle it successfully. I will not give in to any kind of pressure or lobbying. I will be committed to whatever decision the party takes. - Khalid Hakathur, DCC member.

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