Waqf Act will be 'thrown in the dustbin' if Mahagathbandhan wins: Tejashwi

Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Sunday, June 29, that if the Mahagathbandhan is voted to power in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, the Waqf Amendment Act in Bihar will be “thrown into the dustbin.”

Tejashwi claimed that the ruling NDA in Bihar was “on its way out.””

The young leader addressed a ‘Save Waqf, Save Constitution’ rally, held at the historical Gandhi Maidan here, where leaders from various political parties had turned up, wearing black bands as a mark of protest.

The former deputy chief minister, who is now the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, underscored, “Our national president Lalu Prasad has made it clear that the RJD will oppose this law tooth and nail. Our MPs opposed it in both Houses of Parliament. We have also moved the court against the legislation.”

“I would also ask my Muslim brethren in Bihar to remember that the NDA government is on its way out. In November, a new pro-poor government will be installed in the state and it will consign the Waqf Act to the dustbin,” said Yadav, who will be leading the INDIA bloc charge in the assembly polls due later this year.

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The BJP, which rules the Centre and shares power in the state, must be reminded that Independence was won by the virtue of sacrifices made by Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians alike and nobody should behave as if the country is his father’s property (kisi ke baap ka desh nahin hai), he said.

Yadav also told the well-attended rally, “Be on your guard against the Election Commission’s bid to help the BJP by holding a special intensive revision of the voters’ list. We have to fight it out and thwart any conspiracy to deprive people of their right to vote.”

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Salman Khurshid, who was among the invitees, spoke to journalists on the sidelines of the event.

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