As govt plans to bring Waqf bill, Congress calls it assault on Constitution

The party’s communications head Jairam Ramesh, in a press statement, claimed that the legislation is “deeply flawed” and that it is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s strategy and continuing attempts to “demonise minority communities by spreading false propaganda and creating prejudices”.

“The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 is part of the BJP’s strategy and continuing attempts to damage the centuries-old bonds of social harmony in our uniquely multi-religious society,” he said in the statement.

Ramesh maintained that all the institutions created by previous laws to administer waqfs (national council, state boards and tribunals) are actively sought to be reduced in stature, composition and authority so as to deliberately “deprive the community the right to administer its own religious traditions and affairs”.