About WAQF Law PM Modi: Appe politics puts Congress in power, but ordinary Muslims face neglect

Prime Minister Modi said comforting politics was the root of the debate on the WAQF issue, which brought Congress to power and some Muslim fundamentalists became rich. File | Image source: ANI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday (April 8, 2025) that the new WAQF law was a major move by his government to act on social justice, believing that the previous laws enacted in 2013 were attempts to soothe the Land Mafia and Muslim fundamentalists.

Modi said of an incident that politics is the root of the debate on the WAQF issue, which brought Congress to power and some Muslim fundamentalists became rich.

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“But the question of the simulation is what benefits do ordinary Muslims get? What do poor Pasmada Muslims get? They are only ignored. They are not educated, they face unemployment, Muslim women like Shah Bano, where their constitutional rights are sacrificed at Mr. Modi,” Mr. Modi said.

The Prime Minister said similar attitudes led to the country’s division in 1947, when Congressional leaders did not eliminate the idea of ​​a separate country raised by “some fundamentalists” rather than ordinary Muslims.

He said the WAQF law enacted by the Congress-led UPA administration in 2013 created a illusion that the bill was beyond the constitution.

Modi said: “The amendment to the WAQF law in 2013 was to please Muslim fundamentalists and land mafia. The law created a fantasy that it was the scope of the constitution.

He said: “This law incited the land mafia and fundamentalists.

The Prime Minister said that laws aimed at achieving justice became the source of fear.

He asserted that the revised WAQF Act is in the interests of society and the Muslim community.

Modi said: “I congratulate the Parliament on the enactment of the excellent law. Now the pious intention of the WAQF will be maintained, and the rights of poor Pasmada Muslims, women and children will be protected,” he said.

He said the debate on the WAQF bill was the second longest debate in the history of the Indian parliament.

“The discussions on the bill spanned 16 hours on both houses and accompanied by meetings of 38 Parliamentary Committees (JPCs), with a total of 128 hours of deliberations. Nearly one million suggestions were received nationwide. This suggestion underlines that democracy is not limited to the walls of parliament to the walls of Parliament;

He said his government opened new doors to possibilities through its policies in the first 100 days of 2025, and asserted that India would neither bow nor stop.

“We have opened up new possibilities through policies,” the Prime Minister said.

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Despite global challenges, India has played quickly in just a decade and its economy doubled in size.

“Those who think India will move slowly and steadily now see a fast and fearless India,” Modi said.

He said peace, stability and security were very necessary conditions for rapid development and said his government had curbed terrorism and Namasism.

He said the government showed strong political will and sensitivity in Jamu and Kashmir.

Mr Modi said that within these 100 days, his government’s decision reflects the aspirations of young people, which also lays a solid foundation for the future.