Protests over Waqf Act continue in West Bengal

Protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act continued in West Bengal on Friday (April 11, 2025), with students of Aliah University in Kolkata taking out a rally protesting the Waqf (Amendment) Act and demanding that it to be withdrawn. A demonstration at Amta in South 24 Parganas district turned violent, where the protesters attacked a police vehicle, alleged West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Sukanta Majumdar.

“In Diamond Harbour’s Amtala Chowrasta, Muslim mobs protesting against the Waqf Act vandalised a police vehicle in broad daylight,” the BJP leader said, accusing the police of not acting against the protesters. In Kolkata, the students of Aliah University held protests in the Park Circus area raising slogans that it should be withdrawn.

On Thursday (April 11, 2025) State’s Minister and president of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind Siddiqullah Chowdhury organised a major gathering in protest of the Waqf (Amendment) Act. The Minister told the gathering that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had called him and said a motion would be brought in the State Assembly against Waqf (Amendment) Act. Amid violent protest over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, Chief Minister had assured the members of the minority community that she would protect their rights and land and asked them not to be “restless”.