1000’s of individuals from totally different components of the nation gathered at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Sunday to participate in a protest to oppose the Waqf Modification Act.
A number of politicians, together with MPs and MLAs, additionally attended the protest organised below the banner of Imarat-e-Shariah, a Muslim organisation lively primarily in Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand.
The Chief of Opposition in Bihar Meeting, Tejashwi Yadav, Dipankar Bhattacharya of the CPI(ML), Rajya Sabha member Imran Pratapgarhi, and Lok Sabha member Pappu Yadav had been additionally on the gathering, together with different MPs and MLAs from the INDIA bloc. The Congress state president additionally learn out messages of assist from Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and get together nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Addressing the gathering, Tejashwi Yadav stated the RJD has been opposing the Act each in Parliament and on the streets. “…When the Modification Invoice concerning Waqf got here to Parliament in 2025, we strongly opposed it in each Homes. And never simply that, when the JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) was shaped and after the Invoice was handed, our get together additionally went to the Supreme Court docket towards it… Whether or not within the Home, on the streets, or within the courts, we are going to battle this battle all over the place…,” he stated.
Meeting elections are set to be held in Bihar later this 12 months.
“Those that are in energy now are on their approach out… When the federal government of the poor involves energy, Bihar will throw this Act into the dustbin…,” he stated.
Meeting elections are set to be held in Bihar later this 12 months.
Tejashwi additionally alleged that makes an attempt had been being made to disenfranchise the poor and people in minority communities by making modifications to the electoral rolls. “Your land is being taken away and now they will take away the voting rights of the poor, backward, Dalit, extraordinarily backward, and poor from the minority communities… The Election Fee has issued a notification that they will make a brand new record of 8 crore voters, and this new record needs to be made in simply 30 days… You all ought to keep alert, watch out that nobody’s title is faraway from the voter record, it is a huge conspiracy. After the voter record, they are going to take away names from the pension record as properly,” he claimed.
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Pappu Yadav made comparable allegations, saying, “By taking away the voting rights of 4.7 crore poor individuals by way of the Election Fee, they (NDA) need to contest elections in Bihar… This can be a proxy struggle… Inside one month, they need to make these 4.7 crore individuals (of Bihar) who’re outdoors, homeless.”
Meeting elections are set to be held in Bihar later this 12 months.
Maulana Faisal Rahmani, the pinnacle of Imarat-e-Shariah, described the protest as a milestone and never a conclusion. “This motion will proceed till the Waqf Act is withdrawn,” he stated. He criticised the Act as unconstitutional and anti-minority, citing alleged violations of Articles 13, 14, 25, 26, and 300A of the Structure in addition to Supreme Court docket judgments. “We settle for the 1995 Waqf legislation. However these amendments are nothing however a bid to remove our locations of worship and heritage buildings. This legislation undermines the spirit of brotherhood within the nation,” Rahmani had informed The Indian Categorical.
The voices from the group echoed the voices on the stage. Below the scorching solar, hundreds of individuals, each young and old, packed the Gandhi Maidan.
A person from Madhubani, holding each the Tricolour and a black-and-white Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind flag, stated on the situation of anonymity, “There was a constant sample of anti-Muslim actions, beginning with NRC and persevering with with Triple Talaq and now with Waqf. This legislation is an assault on Shariat, however we need to proceed peacefully. We’re right here for that purpose.”
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“Our mosques, faculties, and lands are all below Waqf for our safety… All religions are handled equally below the Structure. So why are we being divided by the federal government?” an aged attendee requested.