Rijiju, who was flanked by Union Minister of State George Kurien and state BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said that following the amendment, ‘there will be no arbitrary declaration of a land as Waqf property’.His statement comes amid protests by various Muslim groups against the amendment, which have turned violent in some parts of West Bengal.The Waqf Bill, passed by the Parliament, received the assent of the President on April 5.The ruling NDA has strongly defended the legislation as beneficial for minorities, while the opposition has described it as ‘anti-Muslim’.
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