Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Assembly and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav joined the protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill by All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Wednesday.
Addressing the protesters, Tejashwi Yadav said that RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav has come to support you and strengthen you. “We have opposed this unconstitutional, undemocratic bill in Parliament, Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. Today we have brought a stay motion and demanded a discussion on it, but the house was postponed. We want to tell you that we are standing with you on this issue. Our effort is that this bill is not passed at any cost.”
Tejashwi Yadav said that RJD will support protesters
Tejashwi also assured him that his party and his leader Lalu Yadav are standing firmly with him in his fight against the “Unconstitutional” Waqf (Amendment) Bill. He said, “We are followers of the Constitution, we believe in Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb and at any cost we will try to prevent this bill from passing.” Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, he said, “This government is working to divide the country, abolish democracy and weaken the constitution. Some parties are supporting this bill in the greed of power. But if we fight unitedly we will win.” All India Muslim Personal Law Board launched nationwide protests against the Waqf Bill. All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) launched nationwide protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Patna. Earlier, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP and the Waqf Amendment Bill, Jagdambika Pal, Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, criticized the nationwide movement of AIMPLB and accused the board of politicizing the issue. Pal said, “The way AIMPLB is doing politics in the name of Waqf, it is trying to mislead the country’s minorities and Muslims.” Addressing the ongoing dispute over the bill, he cited the report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), indicating that the government was preparing to present the revised law. He said that despite the bill not yet passed, AIMPLB is already protesting for political reasons. Pal said, “Even the law has not come yet; on the basis of planned politics, they are already going to Patna.”
