Minister Samsudheen assures the Kanthapuram faction a nominee on the reconstituted State Waqf Board

20 October 2026

Minister for General Education and Minority Welfare N. Samsudheen said the Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar faction would have a nominee on the reconstituted State Waqf Board.
He held talks with the faction's leaders in Kozhikode, after which the faction called off the protests it had planned.
The government had dissolved the Waqf Board headed by K S Hamsa and appointed a new nine-member Board headed by M C Mayin Haji.
The Minister said groups left out of the Board would be considered for other bodies, such as minority welfare and Haj committees.