The 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥 has roots going back to 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎🕰️
𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥, then Home Minister, had raised red flags about the shady funding of the newspaper. He even wrote directly to the then-Prime Minister 𝐍𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐮, warning him.
But Nehru 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 not out of ignorance, but because he was laying the foundation of a 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 that his family would milk for generations.💰
Today, that ignored warning echoes in a ₹𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐦 involving 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢. 💸
👇Uncovering the story of 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 and political entitlement.
🗓️𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟓, 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎:
Sardar Patel wrote a detailed letter to Nehru, exposing how the 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 took ₹75,000 from two corrupt businessmen linked to 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬.
🚫That company had 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 for night air mail, bypassing even the Indian Air Force’s objections.
This wasn’t some minor lapse; it was 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩, and the Prime Minister chose to look the other way.
Sardar Patel didn’t hold back. He exposed how the 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 took money from 𝐀𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢, a shady businessman facing multiple cheating cases. Akhani was using fake 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 to launder money.
💼The deal was so dirty, it drew protests and even veiled allegations of ‘manoeuvring’ by giants like the 𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬 and 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚.
Patel went further and 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐢, a Congress minister, for collecting funds from 𝐝𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 in Lucknow.
Today, the BJP-led NDA Government under the leadership of PM @narendramodi has taken a historic step to free Waqf properties and deliver justice with the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 – the UMEED (Unified Management, Empowerment, Efficiency & Development) Bill.
UMEED, for orphans, for widows, and for the needy!
A thread on why this is the need of the hour. ⏬
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A staggering 40,951 land cases are pending in Waqf Tribunals, 9,942 of which were filed by poor Muslims themselves.
A snapshot of everything that’s wrong at the moment: Several instances show that land donated to build schools for Muslim children were illegally sold and leased for commercial use. 🏫
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The Waqf Act of 2013 also gave the Waqf Board unchecked control over land, with no accountability. The result?
A mere ₹163 crore in annual returns at a horrific 2.7%, while the Sachar Committee estimated a potential revenue of ₹12,000 crore; a massive gap that could have transformed welfare for people from the Muslim community. 💰