New Waqf Law Splendid, Older One Emboldened Land Mafia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the new Waqf law was a significant move of his government towards social justice, contending that the previous law, enacted in 2013, was an attempt for appeasement of land mafia and Muslim fundamentalists.

- Press Trust of India

NEW DELHI:

Addressing News18's Rising Bharat Summit, Modi said the politics of appeasement was at the root of the debate over the issue of Waqf and it brought the Congress to power while some Muslim fundamentalists became rich.

"But, the moot question is what benefits did the ordinary Muslims get? What did the poor Pasmanda Muslims get? They were only subjected to neglect. They did not get education, they faced unemployment and Muslim women faced injustice like Shah Bano, where their constitutional rights were sacrificed at the altar of fundamentalism," Modi said.