AIMPLB has protest against the draft of the WAQF 2024 amendment: what they demand and how BJP reacted

The Muslim Personal Law Board of All India (AIMPLB) on Monday, March 17, organized a protest against the WAQF bill (amendment) 2024 at the Mantar Jantar in New Delhi. The protest demanded the withdrawal of the bill of the WAQF amendment. When heading to the meeting, the member of AIMPLB, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, said it was a peaceful protest in which the authorities should support them.

In addition, he said that the government should listen to the voice of its people. “People came from many UP and Haryana districts, but now we have received information that their buses are being arrested. We believe that this was a very peaceful protest and that the administration should support us. The government does not need to be afraid and must listen to people’s voice. If there is such a cowardly government that you cannot hear the voice of its people, then you have no right to govern, ”he added.

All the Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief and Deputy Asaduddin Owaisi also joined the protest. He said the law was unconstitutional. Owaisi continued to say that the law would not protect WAQF

The property, added that it would be taken to the cemeteries, Khanqah and Dargahs of the Muslim communities.

Talking to journalists on Monday, he said: “Their intentions are bad and want to increase distances in the country. We are saying that we will protest, if Chandrababu Naidu, Chiag Paswan, Niten Kumar will support him, then the public will remember them for life. “

The deputy of the Imran Pratapgarhi Congress criticized the central government for not addressing opposition’s concerns, claiming that it was “imposing dictatorship.” Extending the support to organizations to “protest democratically,” he asked if the government intended to “loot” the lands of Waqf and “give it to their industrial friends.”

The deputy of the Samajwadi party (SP) Rajev Rai declared that it was the government’s work listening to the protesters. Speaking with Ani, he said: “Everyone has the right to protest democratically if they do not like what they want and if there is injustice. It is also the responsibility of the government to listen to them with an open mind and an open heart.”

The leader of the Congress, Pramod Tiwari, also reacted to the protest, saying that they did not agree with what the BJP was doing. “When the JPC formed on WAQF, we clarify the situation there. When this (bill) enters

ParliamentoT, we will also clarify there. We do not agree with what the BJP wants, ”said Tiwari.

The deputy of Congress Manickam Tagore said that Congress opposed the WAQF bill, adding: “We are working with India Alliance Partners to deal with this in Parliament.”

The BJP deputy, Jagdambika Pal, criticized AIMPLB’s protest, claiming that it was purely political and that the act had not yet been implemented. Pal said that only one report and amendment had been submitted WAQF ticket It had only been introduced. In addition, he questioned: “On what basis are AIMPLB, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, Aimim or opposition leaders gathered in Jantar Mantar?”

“The Rights will not be given to the DM … if there were any dispute around WAQF’s property, then any official above the DM, such as the Secretary or State Commissioner would see it … the act is improving … they are wrong to the nation … nobody is going to remove the Waqf lands. If someone is selling WAQF land, then they are people in Waqf himself … The amendment will prohibit the sale of lands Waqf and will benefit the poor … “he added.

The main vice minister of Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Prasad Maurya, also expressed his views on the protest and said the amendments were interested in poor Muslims.

“The opposition that protests this has exposed its real face of policy on Muslim empowerment,” he added.

The protest was scheduled before on March 13, but postponed due to Holi. February 13, the JOINT PARLLAAMENTARY COMMITTEE (JPC) He presented his report on the WAQF bill (amendment), 2024, in Parliament.

The bill seeks to solve the problems of poor management, corruption and invasions through the introduction of reforms such as digitalization, improved audits, greater transparency and legal measures to claim illegally occupied properties.