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Waqf Amendment Bill: Muslim bodies under Personal Law Board protest

The Statesman Kolkata

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March 11, 2025

Members of Muslim community, under various organisations, led by the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in West Bengal staged their protest against the Centre's Waqf Amendment Bill demanding active participation of TMC MPs against it during the voting process.

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Waqf Amendment Bill: Muslim bodies under Personal Law Board protest

The protestors pointed out that the Waqf Board is not the only endowment Board with a status of Special Act; rather all the religious Endowment Boards in our country have similar provisions. "If other religious endowment boards are continuing with its autonomous status and controlled by only members belonging to the same religion and Waqf Board's powers are scrapped then it will be a clear violation of Article 14 of the Constitution," said a protestor during the sit-in protest at Y-channel today. "Several other Articles belonging to Fundamental Rights are under threat because of this unconstitutional

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