Waqf Amendment Bill will snatch rights of Muslims, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
The Trinamool Congress chief called the proposed law a ‘deliberate attempt to malign a particular section’.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the Waqf Amendment Bill was against secularism and claimed that it would “snatch the rights of Muslims”, PTI reported.
“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular,” the Trinamool Congress chief said while addressing the state Assembly. “It is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims.”
Banerjee also said that the Trinamool Congress had been leading the movement against the bill from the very first day, The Indian Express reported. “We are saying this bill is anti-national because it is violating the right of religion and the right of equality,” she said. “We cannot support this.”
A waqf is a property dedicated to a religious, educational or charitable cause under Islamic law. In India, waqfs are governed under the Waqf Act. Each state has a waqf board led by a legal entity that is vested with the power to acquire, hold and transfer property. The Act was last amended in 2013.
On August 8, the Waqf Amendment Bill was sent to a joint parliamentary committee for scrutiny following objections from Opposition parties after the draft legislation was introduced in the Lok Sabha.
The panel had sought written suggestions from the public, experts, non-governmental organisations and institutions, among others, on the...
