Ahead of the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypolls, the Telangana State Waqf Board (TGWB) and the Telangana government jointly cleared the decks to earmark a 2,500 square yard land parcel for the Muslim community residing in the area.
In the run-up to the elections, locals had pointed out the pressing need for grave space to different political parties and those seeking to contest from the Assembly segment.
According to proceedings of the TGWB, the local Muslims had made several representations for the allotment of a land for a graveyard. The board stated that the land parcel allotted for the graveyard belongs to Masjid-e-Ghairabad in Shaikpet, which the Board stated is already a gazette notified waqf property.
Hyderabad in-charge minister Ponnam Prabhakar, Minister for Minorities Welfare Adluri Laxman, and other leaders including TGWB Chairman Syed Azmatullah Husseni, announced the earmarking of 2,500 square yards for the graveyard from a total of 1 acre 5 guntas of waqf land. Mr Husseni also announced that efforts are underway to utilise a land parcel in Erragadda for a graveyard.
At a recent public meeting, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president and Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi stated that he had also represented the issue to the government.
Published – October 05, 2025 09:08 pm IST
