Last Updated on 08/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Union Parliamentary and Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. During this, the opposition created a ruckus opposing this bill. Congress MP KC Venugopal objected to the Waqf Bill and said that it violates the right to religious freedom given by the Constitution. However, his objection was outright rejected by Union Minister and JDU leader Lallan Singh.
KC Venugopal said, ‘This bill is an attack on fundamental rights. He questioned whether there is any non-Hindu in the Ayodhya temple? Has any non-Hindu been included in any temple committee? Venugopal said that Waqf is also a religious institution. This is an attempt to divide the society.’
Lalan Singh got angry at Congress
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JDU leader and Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh) dismissed all the apprehensions of the opposition and said, ‘Listened to many honourable members. JDU is a party here. Listening to many honourable members, it seems as if the amendment brought in the Waqf Board Act is anti-Muslim. How is it anti-Muslim? Who calls it anti-Muslim? Here the example being given is that Ayodhya’s temple, gurudwara… Hey, if you do not see the difference between a temple and an institution, then what argument are you giving. This is not a temple, no attempt is being made to tamper with your mosque.’
Lallan Singh said, ‘This is an institution bound by law. A law is being made to make that institution transparent. There should be transparency. How was the Waqf Board formed? It was formed by some law, right? Any institution that is bound by law, if it is autocratic, then the government has the right to make a law for it to bring transparency in it. Now they are comparing it to a temple. What does it mean by temple? They are spreading misconception that there is no religious division.’
Criticising Congress leader KC Venugopal, Lallan Singh said, ‘KC Venugopal talks about minorities, who killed thousands of Sikhs in this country, you did it, your party did it. We are witnesses to that. Thousands of Sikhs were murdered on the streets and now you are pleading for the interests of minorities, wow! That’s why this bill should come, there should be transparency in the institution. I request you that any institution should work in a transparent manner.’
TDP also supports
Supporting the bill, GM Harish of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), an NDA ally, said, “TDP supports the Wakf Amendment Bill. It is the government’s responsibility to bring about reforms and streamline the objective. We support the bill. We have no problem in sending it to the Select Committee.”
LJP said this
Meanwhile, NDA ally Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party said, “We want the Waqf Bill to go to the Standing Committee, let all stakeholders consult in the committee, there is nothing wrong in the bill and it is not against Muslims. But still it would be better if the Parliament committee considers it closely.”
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)