Srinagar: Politicians in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday said that the proposed changes made in the Waqf Amendment Bill are aimed to target Muslims and are an infringement with their faith.
Peoples Conference chairman and MLA Handwara, Sajad Lone in a post on X, said that the Waqf Bill is another right wing trespass.
“Waqf by definition is the custodian of properties which are collectively owned by Muslims. It is an Islamic concept. The proposed amendment by Parliament is a blatant interference in our faith aimed at divesting rightfully custodians of their authority. Yet another right wing trespass,” he said.
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti while speaking with reporters said that the proposed amendment in the Waqf bill is a conspiracy to target Muslims. “I don’t have any expectations from the BJP government,” she said.
“From past couple of years, Muslims are being lynched, Mosques are being destroyed and graveyards are being seized,” she said.
PDP legislator Waheed Ur Rehman Para said that the Bill mirrors J&K Reorganisation Act, prioritising control over community rights. “Just like the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, which reorganised the state into union territories, the Waqf Bill seeks to centralise authority over community properties,” he said—(KNO)
