Nitish Kumar's JDU supports Waqf Act Amendment Bill, Lalan Singh targets the opposition and asks sharp questions; Know what the opposition leaders said to oppose, JDU of Nitish Kumar Supports Waqf Act Amendment Bill, Lalan Singh slams opposition, know what anti-BJP parties said

New Delhi. Modi government's Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju introduced the Wakf Act Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha. With this, the opposition got a shock when Nitish Kumar's JDU, an ally of the government, supported the Wakf Act. JDU supported the bill and said that this bill is for transparency and it should be so.
Lallan Singh said- who massacred the Sikhs?
Union Minister and Nitish Kumar's close aide Lallan Singh, who stood up to support the Waqf Act Amendment Bill on behalf of JDU, hit back at the opposition. He refused to accept the Waqf Act Amendment Bill as anti-Muslim. Lallan Singh said that when any institution becomes autocratic, the government will make a law to curb it and bring transparency. Lallan Singh targeted the opposition and said that they talk about the temple. Where did the talk of the temple come from? Lallan Singh also targeted the opposition and said that they talk about minorities, who massacred the Sikhs?

#WATCH | Speaking on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in Lok Sabha, JD(U) MP & Union Minister Rajeev Ranjan says, ” How is it against Muslims? This law is being made to bring transparency…The opposition is comparing it with temples, they are diverting from the main issue….KC… pic.twitter.com/8IZrL8QxXe
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What did the opposition say while protesting?
-Listen to what Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav said while opposing the Waqf Act Amendment Bill.

#WATCH | Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav speaks in Lok Sabha on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024
“This bill that is being introduced is being done under very thoughtful politics…Speaker Sir, I heard in the lobby that some of your rights are also going to be taken away and… pic.twitter.com/sy7PRW6I04
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-Congress MP KC Venugopal opposed the Waqf Act Amendment Bill and said that it is a violation of the right to religious freedom given by the Constitution. He questioned whether any non-Hindu was included in the Ayodhya temple committee. He called it a division of society.

#WATCH | Congress MP KC Venugopal opposes Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in Lok Sabha
He says, “This bill is a fundamental attack on the Constitution…Through this bill, they are putting a provision that non-Muslims also be members of the Waqf governing council. It is a direct… pic.twitter.com/ISzfV2PB6Y
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-Mohibullah, MP from Rampur, UP, said that it is also written in the Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee that only Sikhs will be members. Then why injustice to Muslims. He said that we are going to commit a big mistake, the consequences of which we will have to suffer for centuries.
-DMK's Kanimozhi said that this bill specifically targets a religious group. This bill is completely against Muslims.

Opposing the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in Lok Sabha, DMK MP Kanimozhi says, “It is a direct violation of Article 30 which deals with minorities to administer their institutions. This bill targets a particular religious group…” pic.twitter.com/A2FxE2eADv
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-IUML MP Mohammed Basheer said that the government is killing the system and doing injustice with this bill. He said that we cannot let the country go in the direction of Hindu-Muslim.
-RSP's NK Premachandran objected to the Wakf Act Amendment Bill and termed it a violation of fundamental rights.
-AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi called the Modi government an enemy of Muslims and said that this bill discriminates between Hindus and Muslims. Owaisi said that Waqf is not a public property. The government wants to take over the dargah and other properties. You are working to divide the country.

#WATCH | On Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi says, “This bill violates the principles of Articles 14, 15 and 25 of the Constitution. This bill is both discriminatory and arbitrary…By bringing this bill, you (the Central govt) are doing the work of… pic.twitter.com/kehmLjV3Gv
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-Congress's Imran Masood opposed the bill and said that an attempt is being made to tear the Constitution to shreds.