New Delhi:
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has become the third opposition party Congress and Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM To challenge the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Supreme Court, the controversial law waits for the President’s assurance after clearing both houses of Parliament.
The proposed law, which amends the 1995 law controlling WAQF properties, has created concern among the opposition parties that claim that the proposed law is discriminatory and targets Muslims.
The amendment reduced the religious and cultural autonomy of Muslims, AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in his petition that the government’s intervention reduces the rights of minorities to manage its religious and charitable institutions.
However, the government has said that the law will benefit Muslim women and ensure transparency in managing Waqf properties.
Challenging the constitutional validity of the WAQF Amendment Bill, Mr. Khan said that the law violates many fundamental rights of citizens, including freedom of equality, management of religious affairs and management of minorities.
The bill curbs the religious and cultural autonomy of Muslims, enables arbitrary executive intervention, and, according to its petition, reduces the rights of minorities to manage its religious and charitable institutions.
His petition follows similar challenges by two opposition MPs, Mohammad Jabde of Congress and Asaduddin Owasi.
Mr. Jod, who was part of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf Bill, said that the law discriminates against Muslims by implementing sanctions that are not present in the rule of other religious institutions.
Major concerns against the law are a provision to include non-Muslim members in Waqf Council and State Boards. This is not a case with the Hindu Services Board or Jain Services Board and is a serious violation of the Constitution, Mr. Owissi argued.
BJP “” To destroy all rights, not to use its majority in Parliament, to snatch all rights, to implement the law that wage war on Muslims, “is Shri,” Owaisi said while talking to NDTV Tomorrow.
Defending the bill, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad told NDTV that this will happen Bring transparency By making WAQF boards accountable. For the apprehension that the law would take the Waqf properties away, he insisted that no mosque or cemetery is being touched.
Lok Sabha approves Waqf Bill After a warm face between the opposition and the treasury benches, in the beginning of 232 votes, after 232 votes, after this, 128 votes with the Rajya Sabha and 95 against 95 were given 95 votes.
Bill route broke out Large scale protests in various citiesLike Kolkata, Chennai and Ahmedabad after Friday’s weekly prayer.
