Because the All India Muslim Private Legislation Board (AIMPLB) escalated its protest towards the Waqf (Modification) Invoice, 2024, tons of gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. On Monday, Jagdambika Pal, Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), criticized the Muslim physique for warning of a “Shaheen Bagh-like protest,” calling it an try to create division. AIMPLB accused the federal government of conspiring to grab Waqf properties and staged one other demonstration at Jantar Mantar. The protest drew help from eleven opposition events, together with the Congress, with AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Congress chief Salman Khurshid additionally in attendance.
Nevertheless, AIMPLB’s method has drawn criticism from inside the neighborhood as effectively, with Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi accusing the board of being hijacked by political pursuits slightly than specializing in actual Muslim points. Reacting to AIMPLB’s stance, Pal instructed IANS, “They’ve been opposing this invoice from the very starting. Regardless of this, we invited the All India Muslim Private Legislation Board to current their views earlier than the Joint Parliamentary Committee. Owaisi Sahab was additionally a member. We listened to everybody for 3-Four hours and recorded the opinions of each stakeholder from completely different states.”
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Earlier, AIMPLB member Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas had warned, “If the invoice is carried out, your complete nation will witness a protest like Shaheen Bagh.” Notably, Ilyas is the daddy of former JNU scholar and pupil activist Umar Khalid, who has been behind bars since September 2020 below the Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA) within the “bigger conspiracy” case associated to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.
Slamming such remarks, Pal asserted that the JPC report was ready after intensive consultations. “We thought of each stakeholder’s viewpoint earlier than drafting the report. This regulation goals to guard Waqf properties from people who misuse them and forestall the advantages from reaching poor Muslims, girls, and widows. The invoice hasn’t even been handed but, and they’re already calling for a Shaheen Bagh-like state of affairs. It is a well-planned try to divide individuals, similar to through the Article 370 and Triple Talaq debates,” he stated.
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Pal pointed to the constructive affect of previous authorities choices, stating, “Immediately, Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a tourism increase and financial prosperity. Equally, the abolition of Triple Talaq has given minority girls a brand new sense of safety, and they’re grateful to PM Modi for this historic resolution.”
Defending the democratic course of behind the invoice, he added, “In a democracy, the ability to make legal guidelines lies with the elected representatives of the individuals. The federal government launched this invoice and had the bulk to go it straight in Parliament.” “Nevertheless, as an alternative of dashing it, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju proposed referring it to a Joint Parliamentary Committee. This was completed to make sure that Muslim organisations throughout the nation, together with these now protesting, had been heard, and a good and balanced regulation was created.”
The Waqf (Modification) Invoice, 2024, seeks to introduce reforms resembling digitization, enhanced audits, transparency, and authorized mechanisms to reclaim illegally occupied properties. Whereas the federal government argues that it goals to guard Waqf property and profit the underprivileged, the opposition and AIMPLB stay agency of their resistance, setting the stage for additional confrontations over the invoice. (With IANS inputs)
