‘Will Nullify Waqf Invoice When New Govt Comes’: Mamata Banerjee Says BJP Introduced It To Divide Nation – News18

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Mamata Banerjee asserted to deliver an modification to nullify the Waqf Invoice as soon as a brand new authorities is shaped after ousting the present regime. She additionally accused the BJP of utilizing the Invoice to divide the nation.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photograph: PTI)
Hours earlier than the Waqf Invoice was handed within the Rajya Sabha within the early hours of Friday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) introduced the Invoice to “divide the nation”.
She additionally pledged to deliver an modification to nullify it when a “new authorities is shaped after ousting the present regime”.
“When a brand new authorities is shaped after ousting the present regime, we’ll deliver a brand new modification to nullify this Waqf Invoice introduced by the BJP,” she advised reporters.
“The BJP introduced this Waqf Invoice to divide the nation,” she alleged.
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Earlier, on Wednesday, Banerjee slammed the BJP for its “divisive agenda”.
“My MPs are in Delhi to talk on the Waqf subject. The ‘jumla occasion’ has just one agenda — to divide the nation. They consider in ‘divide and rule’,” she alleged.
The Waqf (Modification) Invoice was handed by the Lok Sabha early on Thursday after a marathon 12-hour debate.
It was later additionally cleared within the Rajya Sabha.
The ruling NDA strongly defended the Invoice, describing it as helpful for minorities, whereas the opposition events condemned it, calling it “anti-Muslim”.