Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia hits out at opposition parties against Waqf Amendment Bill 2025
Gwalior: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia attacked the opposition parties for opposing the recently passed Waqf Amendment Bill of 2025, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in the centre would expose their “monopoly” operations. Scindia claimed that the Waqf holdings will be utilised for the benefit of the general population and attributed the Waqf statute for “ending” the monopoly.
“The opposition seeks to abuse power and operate a monopoly. They will be exposed by the Prime Minister and the BJP administration. Everyone believes that Waqf properties should be used for the public’s benefit.” This Bill has ended their monopoly,” Scindia told reporters here, referring to those who did not want Waqf to be used effectively.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi accused Congress of “appeasement politics” and said that the Waqf law will provide dignity for everyone, particularly the marginalised.
According to PM Modi, “appeasement politics” has been a serious obstacle to India’s development. The Prime Minister pointed out that the Waqf controversy is rooted in the politics of appeasement, which is not a recent development, in reference to the recent revision to the rules pertaining to Waqf that Parliament enacted.
The Prime Minister said that certain radical leaders amassed riches and that Congress came to prominence via appeasement tactics. But he wondered what the average Muslim got in exchange. He emphasised how Muslims who were impoverished and excluded faced unemployment, illiteracy, and maltreatment.
In the meanwhile, Muslims in Bishnupur, Manipur, held a demonstration calling for the Waqf Amendment Act to be immediately repealed. People demanded that the legislation be repealed immediately and marched to the streets with banners and shouts.
During the budget session, Parliament enacted the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which President Droupadi Murmu signed into law on April 5. Additionally, the Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025, received the President’s approval.
The Waqf Act has caused controversy since rival groups have taken the law to the Supreme Court to challenge its provisions, claiming that they might have a big impact on how Waqf holdings are managed.
Concerned about the bill’s possible effects on the administration and supervision of Waqf holdings in India, Congress, AIMIM, AAP, and others have filed a lawsuit against it in the Supreme Court.
The 2025 Waqf (Amendment) Bill was approved. It aims to concentrate on enhancing waqf property administration, empowering pertinent parties, increasing the effectiveness of the registration, survey, and case disposition processes, and waqf property development.
Although managing waqf holdings is still the primary goal, contemporary, scientific approaches are being used to improve governance. Additionally, the Mussalman Wakf Act of 1923 was revoked.
