Patna. The Waqf Amendment Bill was also supported by Nitish Kumar’s party JDU. After which many leaders resigned from JDU, protesting. On the issue of Waqf Bill, it was said about those who resigned from the party that they are all senior. Now JDU has responded about this. JDU national spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad said about Mohammad Qasil Ansari, one of the leaders who left the party, that he contested the Bihar Assembly elections on AIMIM ticket in 2020. The JDU spokesperson said that under the conspiracy, it is being said that minorities are not happy with JDU due to supporting the Waqf Bill.
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Actually, JDU is a party that has 12 MPs in the Lok Sabha. At the same time, Chandrababu Naidu has 16 TDP MPs. After receiving information about the arrival of Waqf bill, many Muslim organizations and opposition leaders had said that Nitish and Chandrababu Naidu should not support the Waqf Bill. To put pressure on Nitish and Chandrababu, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board i.e. AIMPLB also staged a sit -in in Bihar’s capital Patna and Andhra Pradesh. Nitish and Chandrababu Naidu did not come under this pressure. Both parties supported the Modi government on the Waqf bill and voted in favor.
Before the Waqf Amendment Bill appeared in Parliament, Chandrababu Naidu had said that his TDP is always standing with minorities. The TDP suggested some changes in the Waqf Amendment Bill. They were included. At the same time, the suggestions given by the JDU of Nitish Kumar to the government were also kept in the Waqf Amendment Bill. This year there are assembly elections in Bihar. In such a situation, it is being said on behalf of the leaders of opposition parties and Muslim leaders that Nitish Kumar has to teach JDU a lesson. Let us know that about 20 percent of the Muslim voters in Bihar are. Muslim voters win and defeat in 48 seats of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
