CPI(M) stages protest against Waqf amendment
The Hindu
Communist Party of India (M) protests against BJP's Waqf Act, calling it a threat to secularism and citizens' rights.
Communist Party of India (M) cadre headed by Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan staged a protest here on Thursday against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 brought by the BJP government.
Mr. Venkatesan speaking at the protest said that the amendment was a huge blow to the principle of secularism which was conceived as the heart of the Indian Constitution.
The amendment which was brought with a motive to treat Muslims as a second-grade citizens would gradually engulf Christians and Adivasis into it to grab their properties and lands, he added.
Commenting the amendment as just a beginning to their motive, he stated that it should be stopped before it could remove the rights of the the citizens of our country.
Welcoming the move by the Supreme Court to halt the appointment of non-Muslims to Waqf boards till the next day of hearing, he said that it was a time-being relief.
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