Wagf Amendinent Act necessary step to protect rights u Muslin women, Dalits : PM Modi

Amid the ongoing violent antiWaqf Amendment Act protests in Murshidabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that bringing in the amendment was necessary for the protection of the rights of Muslim women, Dalits and Adivasis.

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Speaking on the occasion of the foundation laying ceremony of the new terminal building in Hissar, the PM lashed out at the previous Congress regimes, saying that the national party had, through the 'Waqf' act, handed over the lands of the poor, Dalits, Adivasis to the mafias.

The PM claimed that his government had made necessary amendments to the act so that no one could snatch land from an Adivasi. He added that the step (Wagf Amendment Act) was necessary for the protection of rights of Muslim women, Dalits and Adivasis.

His comments came as Murshidabad in West Bengal has seen three deaths due to widespread protests and arson over the Waqf Amendment Act, prompting the Centre to rush in added paramilitary forces to quell the situation.