New Delhi, July 30 -- Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday informed that 1,33,417 waqf properties were initiated by the Board of Auqaf, West Bengal, for uploading on the UMEED Central Portal-2025.

This figure marks a dramatic rise from the historically cited baseline of 80,548 properties, signalling a thorough re-evaluation and documentation drive across the state.

In a written reply to BJP West Bengal president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, Rijiju said the West Bengal Board of Auqaf had been granted a six-month extension by the Waqf Tribunal, Kolkata, to upload details of Waqf properties on the UMEED Central Portal-2025. The extended deadline expired on June 24, 2026.

Responding to a question on the number...