Kiren Rijiju (left) Asaduddin Owaisi (right)
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday amid strict opposition from members of various opposition parties. The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 8 last year, but was sent to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) due to opposition from the opposition. This was followed by the amended Bill, which was passed from the House. Now the leaders have given different reactions to this bill. Rahul Gandhi called it a weapon, while Giriraj Singh said that through this bill, the government has improved the Congress’s mistake.
In the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting, Sonia Gandhi said that the Waqf Bill was forcibly passed, it is an open attack on the Constitution. He said, “Yesterday, the Waqf Amendment Bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha, 2024, and today it is to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha. The bill was actually passed. Our party’s position is clear. This bill is a shameless attack on the constitution. It is part of the BJP’s well-known strategy to keep our society in a state of permanent polarization.” Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi said, “The Waqf (Amendment) Bill is a weapon made aimed at marginalizing Muslims and grabbing their personal laws and property rights. This attack on the constitution by RSS, BJP and their allies is targeted on Muslims today, but in future, it sets an example to target other communities in future. The Congress party attacks this law, because the Congress party attacks this law, because it attacks the basic view of the law and this law is involved in the future. 25, violates the right to religious freedom. ” Union Minister Giriraj Singh said, “We have improved the mistakes made by the Congress in 2013 in the name of appeasement politics and took care of the poor and women. We hope that the poor will get their right to land in future.” BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “I am satisfied that a historic decision has been taken and the Waqf (Amendment) Bill has been passed. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill will benefit the poor Muslims.” Samajwadi Party MP Mohibullah Nadvi said, “This bill has never been made for Muslims in this country. This bill has been passed by ignoring the Constitution. Very serious questions will be raised in the country about this bill.” Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mahske said, “AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi was trying to become the ‘Messiah’ of Muslims. He tore the copy of the bill. TMC, SP, Congress, DMK leaders pretended to show themselves as the leader of minorities. The opposition did his work and did everything to mislead the Muslim community.” TMC MP Mahua Moitra said, “There is only a difference of fifty votes here and you can understand how unpopular and against the mandate this bill. It is only because of the party whip and two colleagues that they managed to pass it. Are. ”
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 8 August 2024. The bill was sent to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the same day after protesting by the opposition. JPC proposed several amendments in the bill after holding several meetings. In the meeting, the Union Cabinet gave its approval to the 14 amendments proposed by the Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC). The report of JPC, headed by BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, was presented in Parliament on February 13 amidst the uproar and walkout of the opposition parties. After 14 amendments, the bill passed late Wednesday night. A total of 288 votes have been cast in favor of the bill in the Lok Sabha. At the same time, 232 votes were cast in the opposition of the bill.
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