Congress says Supreme Court observations on WAQF echo issues raised by the Indian group

Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal. |Photo source: Sushil Kumar Verma

Congress welcomed the Supreme Court’s interim order on the WAQF Amendment Act of 2025 on Thursday (April 17, 2025), saying the party opposed the amended laws not for any particular community, but for the upholding of constitutional principles.

Congress Secretary General (Organization) KC Venugopal said in an article about X that the Supreme Court’s observations on the WAQF Act have focused on “worries aroused by India [Indian National Inclusive Developmental Alliance] Gatherings inside and outside the parliament”.

“They opened up a wider and necessary space for debate over the legal issue surrounding this hastily formulated legislation – not adequately addressed during the JPC. [joint parliamentary committee] The deliberations were considered after a one-day discussion in Parliament. ” said Mr Venugopal.

In a press conference with Congressional Minority Minister President Imran Pratapgarhi, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi said the amendment was not “reform but retaliatory, retaliatory, strategic, constitutional questioning”.

Mr Singhway claimed that “the plain language of governance is the bold ambition of control” and that religious autonomy is becoming a national management plan.

“We are not here to defend a community. We are here to defend constitutional principles – the rights of minorities cannot be sacrificed on the altar of the convenience of the majority,” he said.

Mr Singhvi added: “If Article 26 can be amputated in the name of efficiency, then there is no freedom and no institution sacred. This is not the future envisioned by the makers of our Constitution, it is not the future we will allow.”