As Union Minorities Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju moved the Waqf Board (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in Parliament to make India’s Waqf Boards transparent, accountable and inclusive, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority Cell chief Jamal Siddiqui was a happy man. Claiming that it was a result of BJP’s minority cell’s pitch where it communicated the frustration of millions of ordinary Muslim citizens with India’s current system, Siddiqui named and shamed alleged land grabs in the heart of Delhi in the garb of Waqf law.
“Imam Bukhari has captured land inside Jama Masjid. Habibullah’s family stays at the mosque inside Parliament, which was grabbed by his father. On Ashoka Road, All India Imam Sangathan has built a bungalow in the name of the mosque,” alleged the BJP’s Minority Cell head.
Siddiqui said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi isn’t afraid to make tough decisions. Had it been so, Article 370 would never have been abrogated, he said. He insisted that the ‘fate of Muslims’ will change with the passage of this bill, which has now been sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for further deliberation. He alleged that communities like Bohra and Ahmediyas have been kept out of the purview of the Waqf system in India, which is now being corrected making it inclusive. He blamed political parties like the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party for exploiting the current system while leaving the vast section of the Muslim society wanting justice. Siddiqui said the ‘mahaul’ on August 8, when the bill was moved in Parliament, was ‘Eid-like’ for the Indian Muslim community.
With inputs from News18
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