Minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury addresses a rally against the Waqf Amendment Bill, organised by Jamiat-e-Ulema, successful Kolkata connected Thursday. Partha Paul
The West Bengal Jamiat-e-Ulema held a rally astatine Esplanade successful Kolkata connected Thursday, wherever elder authorities Minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury said that they volition “not allow” the implementation of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.
“Today, erstwhile the Assembly wintertime league is on, 3 lakh radical person gathered here… we person created past successful the bosom of the metropolis by doing a peaceful protestation by the Muslim assemblage successful specified ample numbers… if we bash not perceive to their cries, who will,” said Chowdhury, the state’s Mass Education Extension and Library Services Minister.
He alleged that the measure has been drafted arsenic a conspiracy by the BJP to instrumentality power of the Waqf board, with an “intention to termination the basal cardinal rights of Muslims.”
The Manteshwar MLA’s dependable echoed done the crowd, “If the cardinal authorities forcibly passes this bill, we volition fearlessly show our unwavering resolve. This is not a infinitesimal for governmental distractions. We basal astatine a captious juncture, warring for our precise existence.”
“Let’s see Furfura Sharif, wherever masjids ain galore properties. If masjids tin clasp property, wherefore should determination beryllium questions astir Waqf properties? This connection underscores the content that Waqf is an indispensable portion of spiritual signifier and should not beryllium politicised,” helium said.
The projected Waqf (Amendment) Bill has ignited a governmental firestorm, with leaders from assorted parties expressing concerns implicit its imaginable interaction connected spiritual institutions and spot rights.