‘Will not Remark On What Occurred In SC’: Rijiju On Listening to Of Petitions Difficult Amended Waqf Legislation – News18
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Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju indicated that as a result of current case burden, it’s not conducive for the courts if each legislation handed by Parliament is challenged
Union minister Kiren Rijiju decried the communal stress and violent incidents in West Bengal throughout anti-Waqf protests. (Picture: PTI/File)
Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday refused to touch upon the Supreme Courtroom’s listening to of petitions difficult the constitutional validity of the lately amended Waqf legislation.
Rijiju indicated that as a result of current case burden, it’s not conducive for the courts if each Act handed by Parliament is challenged. “I gained’t touch upon what occurred in SC. India is a parliamentary democracy and Parliament is the need of the folks of India. When you hold difficult each Act handed in Parliament in courts, what’s going to the courts do? They’re already burdened by so many circumstances,” he informed CNN-News18.
He, nonetheless, reaffirmed his religion within the judiciary and the nation’s courts are “very efficient” and he has “complete belief” in them.
‘MANY CMs AND PMs HAVE BEEN TO JAIL, LOP CAN TOO’
“When you don’t act in opposition to corruption, they (opposition) say the federal government is doing nothing and when companies do their work, they are saying it’s political vendetta,” he stated, taking a swipe on the opposition.
The Union minister stated the opposition by no means protests when a chargesheet is filed in opposition to others, however their response is vastly completely different in relation to the Gandhi household.
“If in case you have nothing to cover, why worry? Many CMs and PMs have been to jail… LoP (chief of opposition) can too,” he stated.
‘MURSHIDABAD VIOLENCE INCITED BY BENGAL GOVT’
Rijiju additional decried the violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad and South 24 Parganas districts throughout anti-Waqf protests. He blamed the Mamata Banerjee-led authorities within the state for inciting the communal stress and incidents, which left at the least three folks lifeless and several other injured on April 11 and 12.
“It is vitally unlucky and condemnable that some folks, who’re holding constitutional positions, are overtly saying they won’t adhere to the legislation handed in Parliament,” he stated. “Violence was incited by the state authorities. Mamata Banerjee herself stated she won’t implement the Waqf legislation in West Bengal, and that assertion led to the unrest.”
Slamming those that have used Muslims for vote financial institution politics, he additionally stated the identical individuals who misused waqf properties are actually those protesting in opposition to the laws. “…And people who have used Muslims for vote-bank politics are additionally protesting. The weaker sections of the Muslim neighborhood are literally welcoming the Act. Nearly all of Muslims have understood that Waqf properties weren’t being utilised for the welfare of the Muslim neighborhood,” he added.
Throughout its ongoing listening to of petitions in opposition to the Waqf (Modification) Act, 2025, the Supreme Courtroom on Wednesday expressed concern over the violence in West Bengal and stated it was “very disturbing”. “One factor that may be very disturbing is the violence. The matter is earlier than court docket and we’ll determine; this could not occur,” stated Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna.
Two petitions within the prime court docket have sought a court-monitored probe into the violence. One PIL was filed by lawyer Shashank Shekhar Jha looking for the court docket to arrange a particular investigation staff (SIT), whereas one other was filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari looking for the structure of a five-member judicial enquiry fee headed by a former SC choose.
One of many pleas sought a course to the state authorities to file a report within the prime court docket on the violence apart from the instructions for safeguarding folks’s lives and properties. The Calcutta Excessive Courtroom lately ordered the deployment of central forces in violence-hit Murshidabad district.
