President Draupadi Murmu approved the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. The government issued a gazette notification regarding the new law. Now the central government will issue a separate notification regarding the date of implementation of the new law. The bill (now law) was passed on April 2 after a discussion of 12-12 hours in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on 3 April.
So far six petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court regarding the new law. The new petition has been filed by Kerala Jamiatul Ulema, Sunni Muslim organization of Kerala. At the same time, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has announced a protest in the entire country from April 11.
Earlier, Congress MP Mohammad Javed, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, Civil Rights Organizations Association for Protection of Civil Rights and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Maulana Arshad Madani, have filed separate petitions.
On this, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the purpose of this law is to prevent bias, misuse and encroachment in Waqf properties. The bill (now law) was supported by 128 members in the Rajya Sabha, while 95 opposed it. At the same time, this bill was passed in the midnight of April 2 in the Lok Sabha. During this period, 288 MPs voted in support and 232 in protest.
Muslim Personal Law Board protest against Waqf Bill
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) released a two -page letter on Saturday evening against the Waqf Bill. AIMPLB said that we will hold nationwide agitation with all religious, community-based and social organizations. This campaign will continue until the amendments are completely canceled.
What did the leaders of the opposition say on the Waqf Bill?
- Rahul Gandhi: The Waqf Bill attacks Muslims and sets an example of targeting other communities in the future. After passing the bill, RSS has now focused on the land of Catholic Church. The RSS did not take long to turn its focus to Christians. The constitution is the only shield that protects our people from such attacks and it is our collective duty to protect it.
- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge: The intention of the government is not right. Who will give Waqf Land, it did not come out. Will give traders… I don’t know. Will feed people like Ambani-Adani. I would appeal to the Home Minister to withdraw it. Do not make it a prestige issue. This is not good for Muslims. Is against the constitution.
- PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti: It should not happen. It is an organization of minorities, Muslims and to bulldozers it in this way and pass it in Rajya Sabha, I think it is equivalent to robbery, which is very wrong that should not be.
- NC MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi: The BJP has no moral or political right to speak for Muslims and by passing the Waqf Bill, the RSS-BJP rule has confirmed its anti-Muslim, anti-minority intention. Today India has gone into a dark age of cruel majority, where minority interests were shown to be the door.
Waqf Bill Law, how and when will it be implemented, AIMPLB wrote a letter in protest
After the President’s approval, the Waqf Amendment Bill has now become a law. The government has issued a gazette notification regarding the new Waqf law. Now what will be the path ahead of it is important in many ways. Now how long the Waqf law will apply depend on the government because the central government will issue a separate notification regarding the date of implementation of the law and this law will be implemented in the whole country.
Muslim personal law wrote a letter
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) released a two-page letter in protest against the Waqf Bill and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board said that we will hold nationwide agitation with all religious, community-based and social organizations. This campaign will continue until the amendments are completely canceled.
The Waqf Amendment Bill is a serious attack on Islamic values, religion and Sharia, religious and cultural freedom, communal harmony and the infrastructure of the Indian Constitution. The support of some political parties to the BJP’s communal agenda has completely exposed their so -called secular facade.
Opposition to Waqf Bill, talk reached Supreme Court
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan filed a petition in the Supreme Court in protest against the Waqf Bill. Earlier on Friday, two petitions were filed in the Supreme Court, the first of Congress MP Mohammad Javed in Bihar and second AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi. At the same time, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh had said that Congress will go to the Supreme Court and along with him, DMK of Tamil Nadu had also asked to file a petition against Waqf.
Bihar Governor supported
Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has supported the Waqf Amendment Bill passed from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. He said- Waqf’s properties are considered to be of Allah. It should be used for the poor, needy and public interest. Non -Muslims also have equal rights in Waqf’s assets.
Which party filed a petition?
- Congress MP Mohammad Javed challenged the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and approached the top court on 4 April. Javed Waqf (Amendment) Bill was also a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2024.
- On April 4, the head of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi also approached the Supreme Court against the bill.
- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan also approached the Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday challenging the Waqf Bill.
- An NGO called the Association for Protection of Civil Rights has also filed a petition in the Supreme Court opposing the bill.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s party DMK also announced to take up the case in the Supreme Court.
- A petition has been filed by all Kerala Jamiatul Ulema, a religious organization of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics of Kerala. A petition has been filed through advocate Zulfikar Ali PS.