New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP and chairman of the JPC on the Waqf ammendment bill Jagadambika Pal criticized the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) for its nationwide agitation against the Waqf Amendment Bill, accusing the board of politicizing the issue.

Pal stated, 'The way AIMPLB is doing politics in the name of Waqf, they are trying to mislead the minorities and Muslims of the country.'

Pal further addressed the controversy surrounding the bill, referring to the Joint Parliamentary Committee's (JPC) report, which indicated that the government is preparing to introduce the amended law. He pointed out that despite the bill not being passed yet, AIMPLB was already organizing protests based on political motives, saying, 'Right now, the law hasn't come, but even before, based on planned politics, they are going to Patna.'

Meanwhile, reacting to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board nationwide 'agitation' against the Waqf Amendment Bill, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CR Kesavan on Wednesday said that the Waqf Bill will empower underprivileged sections of the Muslim community.

'The Congress government repressive and regressive 1995 Waqf Act greatly victimises and dangerously discriminates against the disadvantaged sections of the Muslim community. This Waqf Amendment Bill will empower underprivileged sections of the Muslim community like children, poor, widows and women,' Kesavan said in a self-made video.

'In 2013, the communal Congress peddling its dangerous agenda of political appeasement and vote bank politics amended the Waqf Act, this gave unfettered powers arbitrary, authority and control to vicious vested interest who went on to exploit, corner and manipulate assets meant for poorer sections of the community,' he said.

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, aims to address these challenges by introducing reforms such as digitisation, enhanced audits, improved transparency, and legal mechanisms to reclaim illegally occupied properties.

The proposed amendment aims to address these concerns and ensure that Waqf properties are utilised for the intended purposes, benefiting the Muslim community and the country as a whole. (ANI)