There is a heated discussion about the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 across the country. Some are in favor of it while many are opposing it. Islamic scholar Maulana Arshad Madani, the president Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement that there is “no place for Waqf law in the Constitution”, terming the remarks ‘frivolous’.
Speaking at an event by his organisation in Bihar’s Patna, Maulana Arshad Madani said, “I was appalled to learn that Modi ji has expressed the view that Waqf should be done away with since there is no provision in its favour in the Constitution. We did not expect such a frivolous remark from the Prime Minister of India”.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, aimed at amending the Wakf Act, 1995 – a law governing Waqf boards to ensure more accountability and transparency in their functioning and mandatory inclusion of women in these bodies, has drawn the ire of the Muslim community.
“Congress made laws for appeasement. It did not even care for SC. An example is Waqf Board. In 2014, these people while leaving many properties near Delhi were given to Waqf Board. There is no place for Waqf law in the Constitution given to us by Babasaheb Ambedkar, but the Congress did this to increase its vote bank. Congress tried to give death penalty to real secularism,” Modi said.
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