New Delhi. Opposition parties have opposed any amendment in the Waqf Act. The Modi government has to get the bill to amend the Waqf Act passed. Congress Lok Sabha MP K. Suresh said that in the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee held on Wednesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that on Thursday the Modi government will bring a bill to amend the Waqf Act. The Congress MP said that Samajwadi Party, TMC, Sharad Pawar’s NCP and DMK have opposed the bill. He said that the government is bringing this bill without discussing with Muslim organizations. K. Suresh alleged that the Modi government is bringing a bill to amend the Waqf Act to gain advantage in the next elections and for polarization. Regarding the stand of the Congress, he said that the party demanded to send the bill to the Select Committee of Parliament, but the government is not ready to back down. In such a situation, after the bill is presented, the party will express its opinion on it.
#WATCH , On Government to introduce Waqf Act Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today, Congress MP K Suresh says, “Yesterday in the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju told us that the government will introduce the Waqf Act Amendment… pic.twitter.com/uMSzUJ8xri
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Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) is also against the bill to amend the Wakf Act. MP ET Muhammad Basheer from IUML has said that he will oppose it. Basheer said that he hopes that some of the parties supporting the Modi government will stand with the opposition in this protest.
#WATCH , On Government to introduce Waqf Act Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) MP ET Muhammed Basheer says, “It is going to be tabled today and we will surely oppose it vehemently. I think everybody is united in this… I feel that some of them… pic.twitter.com/T1oxMovgHs
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Listen to what Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena’s Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said on the bill amending the Waqf Act.
#WATCH , On Union Govt to introduce a Bill further to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi says, “The way this bill is being brought, I would ask if it has been discussed within their alliance (NDA). Have JDU and TDP seen this Waqf bill and have given… pic.twitter.com/gWzfIZOwFP
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Muslim organizations, leaders and religious leaders are already opposing the bill to amend the Waqf Act. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has called this move of the Modi government against the Sharia and has warned of going to court. At the same time, Maulana Arshad Madani, head of the Ulema Council, has said that Muslims can tolerate everything, but not interference in the Sharia. Let us tell you that there has been a dispute over the Waqf Act for a long time. There is a demand to withdraw this Act. The reason for this is that if the Waqf Act declares anyone’s property as its own, then even the courts cannot interfere much in it. The Modi government says that it will stop this dispute by making changes in the Waqf Act through registration and notice. Along with this, Muslim women and people from other communities will be included in the Waqf boards. Along with this, there is a proposal to create a separate Waqf board for the Bohra and Aagakhani communities.
