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Amended Waqf Act not against Muslim community meant to correct past mistakes: Kiren Rijiju
Apr-15-2025

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the amendments in the Waqf Act were not targeted at the Muslim community and instead were meant to correct ‘past mistakes’.

Addressing a press conference in Kochi, Kiren Rijiju claimed that the Waqf law was amended as certain provisions in it gave ‘unprecedented power and authority to the Waqf Boards’. ‘This is not targeted at Muslim community. it is to correct mistakes of the past,’ he added. Rijiju asserted that the government’s intention is to ensure that no individual or group in India has the power to forcibly take over someone else’s land.

The Union Minister for Minority Affairs emphasised that the amendments will put an end to the arbitrary declaration of land as Waqf property, which has been a long-standing issue in many parts of the country. His statement comes amid protests by various Muslim groups against the amendment, which have turned violent in some parts of West Bengal. Rijiju was accompanied by Union Minister of State George Kurien and Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar during his address.

The Waqf Bill, passed by the Parliament, received the assent of the President on April 5. The ruling NDA has strongly defended the legislation as beneficial for minorities, while the opposition has called it as ‘anti-Muslim’.


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