Waqf Bill ‘will be in dustbin’ if RJD wins Bihar Assembly elections, says Tejashwi Yadav

The Waqf Amendment Bill “will be consigned to the dustbin” in Bihar if the Rashtriya Janata Dal comes to power in the state, party leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday was quoted as saying by PTI on Saturday.

In a press conference, Yadav also stated that the Rashtriya Janata Dal has moved the Supreme Court against the bill.

Assembly elections in Bihar are scheduled to be held later this year.

Yadav’s statement came on the same day that President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the bill. It was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, with 128 votes in favour and 95 against, and in the Lok Sabha at around 2 am on Thursday, with 288 votes in favour and 232 against.

After the president’s assent, the Waqf Bill has become a law.

A waqf is a property dedicated to a religious, educational or charitable cause under Islamic law. Each state has a waqf board led by a legal entity that is vested with the power to acquire, hold and transfer property.

The 2024 Waqf Amendment Bill proposed amendments to 44 sections of the 1995 Waqf Act, including allowing non-Muslims on waqf boards, restricting property donations and changing how waqf tribunals function.

On Saturday, Yadav said that all MPs of the Rashtriya Janata Dal had opposed the Waqf Bill in both Houses of Parliament...

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