‘Truthful, Inclusive, Course Set Proper’: RSS & Associates Hail Modi Govt’s Overhaul Of Waqf Act – News18
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The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram stated the amended legislation ensures equal land rights for all and ends a system that had, in accordance with them, given Waqf Boards unchecked energy over land acquisitions
The RSS stated that the Modi authorities made an ‘irregular Act common’ and the folks, who had been struggling, have lastly been ‘let out’. (PTI)
The Narendra Modi authorities’s contemporary modification to the Waqf Act is being celebrated by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which referred to as the sooner Act “unconstituional”. With debates raging over the contemporary amendments, the RSS stated the Modi authorities made an ‘irregular Act common’ and individuals who had been struggling have lastly been “let out”.
Talking completely with News18, a senior office-bearer of the organisation stated: “It was a long-pending reform. The sooner Act was unconstitutional and irregular. Lastly, it has been made an everyday Act in consonance with the Structure of Bharat. The course of historical past has been set proper.”
The affiliated organisations of the RSS, together with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the scholar wing of the RSS, and Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, an RSS-backed physique working with Adivasi communities, have additionally issued statements, with each seeing it as a long-overdue correction of historic land injustices.
Senior functionaries of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram have revealed how the organisation actively engaged with the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), submitting a number of memorandums whereas presenting proof of how tribal lands had been allegedly encroached upon beneath the earlier Waqf legislation.
Now, with the federal government’s intervention, the senior Sangh functionaries declare the transfer is not going to solely restore land to its rightful house owners but in addition carry marginalised tribal communities into the nationwide mainstream.
Calling the modification “honest, simply, and inclusive”, the functionaries argue that the amended legislation ensures equal land rights for all and ends a system that had, in accordance with them, given Waqf Boards unchecked energy over land acquisitions.
‘Transparency’ Ensured
Welcoming the Waqf (Modification) Invoice, 2025, the ABVP stated in an announcement: “This Invoice will assist resolve a number of disputes associated to Waqf by a simply course of and inclusion of non-Muslims and ladies in Waqf Council will make it extra clear, neutral and credible. The provisions mandating the audit and registration of Waqf properties and guaranteeing the safety of presidency properties are additionally commendable making this extra environment friendly.”
It added, “Below the Waqf Modification Invoice, on-line registration of Waqf properties shall be obligatory inside six months, granting the federal government the authority to audit and monitor them, therefore stopping the misuse of legislation. The inclusion of non-Muslims and ladies will guarantee range, equity and broader consensus in decision-making. The Invoice, handed democratically in each the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, stipulates that solely properties obtained by donations shall be thought-about Waqf property, and no property might be claimed as Waqf with out correct documentation and survey.”
Virendra Solanki, ABVP’s nationwide basic secretary, stated: “The Waqf Modification Invoice handed by each the Homes of Parliament is important for guaranteeing equity in Bharat’s total improvement. Numerous disputes and challenges have arisen regarding the earlier Waqf legislation which is able to now be addressed pretty by this Invoice. The decision for integration of non-Muslims and ladies within the Waqf Council will make it much more neutral.”
“The efforts to eradicate discrimination primarily based on non secular sects will put an finish to the idea of parallel authority. All Bharatiya residents should examine this newly amended legislation comprehensively and examine it with earlier provisions to develop a fact-based understanding. ABVP appreciates the federal government’s important step in direction of transparency and judicial reforms and considers it a historic initiative in direction of equality and inclusivity in Bharatiya society,” he added.
The organisation additionally lauded the modification that stated the claims on authorities properties beneath Waqf can be examined by senior officers and if discovered invalid, the property can be recorded as the federal government’s within the income information, creating moral and credible decision-making in case of disputes. The Invoice additionally permits selections of the Waqf Tribunal to be challenged within the excessive courtroom, enhancing transparency within the judicial course of and strengthening particular person rights, acknowledged the organisation
‘Engaged A number of Instances With JPC’
A senior functionary of the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, that works amongst tribal populations throughout states, stated the availability which ensures that tribal land that comes beneath fifth and sixth Schedule of the Structure will stay outdoors the purview of Waqf will shield such land from unlawful occupation.
The organisation additionally acknowledged that the availability is the results of “the continual efforts of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram for the final 15 days”. In an announcement, the organisation stated: “Earlier, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram had submitted memorandums to JPC throughout the nation, as a consequence of which JPC advisable in its report that provisions for defense of tribal land needs to be made within the Waqf Invoice.”
With elections approaching in a number of states, the transfer is predicted to strengthen BJP’s tribal outreach, notably in states the place land rights stay a politically delicate challenge.
