Ahead of the Telangana State Waqf Board (TSWB) polls which were scheduled on Monday, activist Lubna Sarwath sent a letter to the Telangana government, making a case for her to be nominated as a woman member of the board.
Ms Sarwath relied on the provision of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2013 which prescribes that the State government can nominate four persons of national eminence from the fields of “administration or management, financial management, engineering or architecture and medicine”. It further prescribes that of these four nominated members, at least two members should be women.
In a letter to the government, Ms Sarwath stated that she holds a doctorate in Islamic Economics from Trisakti University in Jakarta, Indonesia. She underscored that her work revolves around social issues and in areas such as public health, education, hygiene and nutrition.
