Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 24 (ANI): Congress MP Imran Masood on Sunday said that there is an "attempt to bulldoze our religious institutions and religious texts, which will not be tolerated".
Masood stated that he had seen everything and read every document as a member of the JPC committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024.
"We were in the JPC with full preparation. We have seen everything, and we have read everything...There is an attempt to bulldoze our religious institutions and religious texts, which will not be tolerated under any circumstances...", Imran Masood told ANI on Sunday.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday announced a nationwide agitation against the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill.
A statement issued by Mohd Vaquar Uddin Latifi, Office Secretary of the (AIMPLB) said, "Following a massive and successful protest in Delhi on March 17, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has announced a nationwide agitation against the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill."
SQR Ilyas, spokesperson of AIMPLB and Convener of the Action Committee Against the Waqf Bill, expressed gratitude on behalf of the Board to all Muslim organizations, civil society groups, and leaders from Dalit, Adivasi, OBC, and other minority communities.
"Without the grace of Allah and the united support of these groups, the success of the Delhi demonstration would not have been possible," he said. He also extended thanks to the opposition parties and Members of Parliament who not only participated in large numbers but also firmly rejected the proposed legislation.
The statement stated that the AIMPLB's 31-member Action Committee has resolved to adopt all constitutional, legal, and democratic means to "oppose" what it has termed a "controversial, discriminatory, and damaging" bill. "As part of the first phase of the agitation, large protest sit-ins have been planned in front of the state assemblies in Patna on March 26 and Vijayawada on March 29." (ANI)