Waqf Amendment Bill Latest News: The Waqf Board Amendment Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday (8 August 2024). Congress and other parties expressed their opposition to this bill. Congress MP from Kerala KC Venugopal was the first to open a front against the bill. Narendra Modi He attacked the government fiercely.
KC Venugopal said that this bill is an attack on rights. This is an attack on the Constitution. The Centre has brought this bill keeping in mind the Haryana and Maharashtra elections. You want to divide the people of the country. Samajwadi Party MP from Rampur Mohibullah said that this will lead to discrimination. The collector is being given many rights. How can someone else decide things related to my religion? This is outright interference in religion. The public may come out on the streets to save the Constitution.
TMC MP called it against the Constitution
TMC MP Sudip Bandopadhyay said that this is against Article 14 of the Constitution. DMK MP Kanimozhi said that the Constitution is supreme and it should be protected, but this government is going against the Constitution. This bill is also against humanity. It is also against the federal structure. This bill is against Article 25 and 26 of the Constitution. This bill provides for non-Muslims to join the Waqf Board. It is also against Article 30. Many old mosques are already in danger. This bill targets a particular religious group. This bill is completely against Muslims.
Supriya Sule raised many questions on the government
NCP Sharad Pawar faction MP Supriya Sule said that this bill should be withdrawn. At least send it to the standing committee. Please do not run the agenda without discussion. We got this bill from the media, what is this method. First it was received by the media, then we got it. This is the temple of democracy. First tell the Parliament before leaking it to the media. In section 3C, the collector has been given a lot of power. Why did you remove section 40. Under section 108 (B), it is said that the rule has been made by the central government, this government has forgotten the states. No one listens to the state. See what is happening in Bangladesh. We are worried about this. Minorities should be taken care of in every country. Please withdraw this bill. Supriya Sule also raised questions about its timing.
MPs from smaller parties also protested openly
Indian Union Muslim League MP ET Mohammed Basheer said that this bill is destroying the secular nature. Collector has been given too many powers. CPI M MP K Radhakrishnan said that I oppose the bill. This bill should be withdrawn. If not, it should be sent to the standing committee. Revolutionary Socialist Party MP NK Premachandran said that Muslims are being targeted. This bill will not stand anywhere in the eyes of the judiciary. I oppose the bill. It should be sent to the committee.
Owaisi said- you are stopping me from even praying
AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi said that you are even stopping me from praying. If someone comes tomorrow and says that I have not been practicing for five years or is a new convert, will he have to wait for five years. There is no such provision for Hindu Endowment or Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee. Waqf property is not public property. This government wants to take properties like Dargah, Waqf… The government is saying that we are giving it to women, I am not sure that you will make Bilkis Bano and Zakia Jafri members… You are the enemy of Muslims, this bill is proof of this.
Congress’s Imran Masood said- we will protest
Congress MP Imran Masood said that this bill discriminates. You are supporting the conspiracy to grab the properties of the Waqf Board. Section 40 is being removed. You want to remove it despite the Supreme Court’s order. If you try to tear apart the Constitution, we will oppose it.
Akhilesh Yadav said, we have just lost, that is why we have brought the bill
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that this is happening as a part of deliberate politics. If all the power is given to the District Magistrate, then you know what the District Magistrate did at one place that its effects had to be borne by the coming generations. BJP is doing this to appease its frustrated, disappointed and a few staunch supporters. They have just lost, that is why it is being brought.
Kalyan Banerjee said- Muslims are being targeted
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee said that I oppose this bill. This is against the Constitution. Muslims are being targeted, this will not be tolerated. Before the elections, there was an attempt to create a Hindu nation, which the country rejected. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference MP Altaf Ahmed said that we oppose this bill. Such a bill will spoil the image of the country.
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