JD(U) Sanjay Jha seeks changes in Waqf Amendment Bill, 'Will support bill if concerns addressed'

Waqf Amendment Bill is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today, sparking mixed reactions from opposition parties and BJP ally JD(U). JD(U) Member of Parliament Sanjay Jha expressed his party's concern, stating that the bill should not be retrospective. He mentioned that if their concerns were addressed in the bill, they would support it.

«Our concern is that it (Bill) should not be retrospective. Let the bill come if our concerns are accommodated in it, we will definitely support the Bill,» Jha told ANI.

JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Prasad said, «As far as JD (U) is concerned, most of the suggestions made during the JPC meetings regarding the Waqf Amendment Bill have been reported to be included. Therefore, a whip has been issued to the MPs by the party to remain in the House during the proceedings of Parliament and vote in favor of the government.»

«We will tell make our stand clear in Parliament. JD(U) and CM Nitish Kumar does not need to learn the definition of secularism from Congress,» he added.

RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha criticized the Waqf Bill, saying It violates the Constitution.

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«Every constitutional basis is being violated. We (the opposition) had said even during the farmers' movement that there should be no haste. But they (the central government) acted in haste. What happened then? (The three agricultural laws) had to be withdrawn. The same situation should not happen here as well,» he told ANI.

Meanwhile, Union Minister Giriraj Singh lashed out at the opposition, calling them 'anti-Muslim' for their opposition to the bill.

«This bill is constitutional, in the interest of Muslims, in the interest of the poor… Those who are opposing it are anti-Muslim,» Singh added.
The bill will be tabled