Amid opposition to the Waqf (Modification) Invoice from a number of Muslim our bodies, senior chief of key NDA constituent TDP, Nawab Jan, on Sunday stated Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu won’t let any invoice that harms the pursuits of the Muslims be applied.
Addressing the ‘Samvidhan Bachao Sammelan’ organised by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium right here, Jan urged everybody to return collectively to cease the Waqf (Modification) Invoice 2024 from being handed in Parliament.
Chandrababu Naidu has at all times stated he has two eyes — one Hindu and one Muslim, Jan stated.
“He (Naidu) says any hurt achieved to 1 eye impacts the entire physique and we should preserve this in thoughts as we transfer ahead on the trail of improvement,” Jan stated.
The advantages that Muslims received underneath Naidu’s rule are unprecedented for the reason that Independence of the nation, Jan, a senior chief of the Telugu Desam Occasion, stated.
“Chandrababu is an individual of a secular mindset — such an individual is our chief minister, (he) won’t let a invoice that harms Muslims be applied,” he stated.
The TDP chief claimed that sending the Waqf (Modification) Invoice to Parliament’s Joint Committee (JPC) might solely be made potential due to Naidu.
Jan additionally claimed that Naidu a number of days in the past stated that whether or not it’s a Muslim establishment or a Hindu establishment or a Christian establishment, it ought to have folks of the identical faith.
“We’ll tolerate every part, however won’t tolerate any try and hurt the unity of the nation,” Jan stated.
The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) doesn’t have a majority within the Lok Sabha and its authorities on the Centre is reliant on the assist of different events such because the TDP and the Janata Dal (U).
Stepping up its marketing campaign in opposition to the Waqf (Modification) Invoice, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Sunday urged Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar to heed the feelings of the Muslims on the matter.
The Jamiat stated the events throughout the NDA that declare to be secular should distance themselves from supporting this “harmful” laws.
A Joint Committee of Parliament is analyzing the contentious Waqf (Modification) Invoice, 2024.
The invoice was launched within the Lok Sabha in August and referred to a Joint Parliamentary panel after a heated debate, with the federal government asserting the proposed legislation, didn’t intend to intervene with the functioning of mosques and the Opposition calling it a focusing on of Muslims and an assault on the Structure.
The committee’s conferences have typically seen tempers fly with opposition members accusing the Chair of inviting totally different organisations, together with these working for Hindu causes, that don’t have any stake within the waqf points and the BJP members charging their political rivals with intentionally disturbing the proceedings.
