‘Kab inka-hamara haath mil jaye’: Akhilesh’s ally warning to BJP forward of Bihar polls | India Information – The Instances of India
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Get together chief Akhilesh Yadav throughout his Lok Sabha handle got here down closely on the Waqf (Modification) Invoice. His phrases weren’t simply aimed on the Invoice but in addition on the BJP-led NDA. The Samajwadi chief, with an oblique jibe at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, issued a warning signaling that the Bihar CM would possibly leap the ship once more.
“Rajneeti kya hai? Humne aapka haath pakda aur hum yahan aa gaye, aur aap humara haath chhod kar wahan chale gaye. Isliye, dekhiyega kab inka-humara haath mil jaye,” he mentioned, hinting at potential shifts in political alliances. (Politics is such that we held your hand and got here right here, and also you let go of ours and went there. Watch when our fingers meet once more.)
Yadav fiercely opposed the Waqf Modification Invoice, calling it an instance of the BJP’s divisive politics. “This invoice will not be being introduced with any hope; it’s a part of a well-thought-out technique as a result of their vote has collapsed. They need division even amongst Muslims… I, together with my social gathering and allies, the Samajwadi Get together, strongly oppose this invoice. If voting takes place, we are going to vote towards it,” he mentioned.
He hinted at a rift between NDA suggesting that each one alliance leaders had been on board with the invoice. “Waqf Invoice BJP ke liye Waterloo sabit hoga kyunki upar se toh ha-ha kar rahe hain par andar hello andar bohot saare saathi sehmat nahi hai. (The Waqf Invoice will show to be BJP’s Waterloo as a result of whereas they’re laughing on the surface, many inside usually are not in settlement.)”
The invoice, which seeks to amend the Waqf Act of 1995, introduces modifications geared toward bettering administration, transparency, and the effectivity of Waqf boards. Rijiju additionally introduced that the invoice can be renamed because the Unified Waqf Administration Empowerment, Effectivity and Improvement (UMEED) Invoice.
BJP’s key ally, the Telugu Desam Get together (TDP), introduced its help for the invoice, only a day earlier than the Invoice was tabled. “The entire Muslim neighborhood is ready for the Waqf Modification Invoice. Our social gathering will help it. Chandrababu Naidu has already talked about that we are going to work within the pursuits of the Muslim neighborhood,” a TDP chief mentioned.
Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), in the meantime had urged that the Waqf (Modification) Invoice not be applied retrospectively. JD(U) MP Sanjay Jha highlighted Nitish Kumar’s 19 years of service to Bihar and the Muslim neighborhood, stressing that the invoice mustn’t have an effect on previous actions. Get together chief Rajeev Ranjan added {that a} Muslim delegation had met Kumar to specific considerations, which had been raised within the Joint Parliamentary Committee. The invoice can be debated within the Lok Sabha on April 2.
Minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju defended the invoice, saying that it had nothing to do with faith and was centered solely on bettering the administration of waqf properties. “The modifications made by the UPA authorities gave the Waqf legislation an overriding impact over different statutes. The brand new amendments had been required to appropriate that. The federal government will not be interfering in any non secular establishment,” Rijiju mentioned.
