Peoples Democratic Party chief on Friday urged Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party head Chandrababu Naidu to prevent the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill from “causing damage to the national unity and communal harmony of the country”.

The ruling Janata Dal (United) in Bihar and the Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh are allies of the Bharatiya Janata Party. They are part of the ruling National Democratic Alliance.

On January 29, a joint parliamentary committee the revised 2024 Waqf Amendment Bill after a vote, with 15 votes in favour of its draft report and 11 against. Two days earlier, it the bill after accepting proposals from NDA members. Amendments proposed by Opposition MPs were rejected.

In her letter to Kumar and Naidu on Friday, Mufti said that the proposed legislation came at a time when Muslims were being “systematically disenfranchised, disempowered and marginalised politically, socially and economically”.