Several MPs wear black armbands at Jumma prayers to protest Waqf bill

Several Muslims including MPs and MLAs wore black armbands while attending Jumma prayers on the last Friday of Ramzan as a mark of protest against the Waqf Amendment Bill the All India Muslim Personal Law Board AIMPLB claimedThe AIMPLB had earlier urged Muslims to wear a black armband when they go for Jumma prayers on the last Friday of Ramzan as a mark of their protest against the Waqf Amendment BillAIMPLB president Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani general secretary Maulana Fazlurraheem Mujaddidi vice president Syed Sadatullah Hussaini and secretary Maulana Umrain Mahfooz Rahmani among others wore black armbandsAIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi IUML MP Kani Navas Congress MP Imran Masood Karnataka Assembly MLA Rizwan Arshad were among the lawmakers who sported the armband while praying Jumma in the mosques they offered prayers atToday on the last Friday of Ramadan ie JumatulVida crores of Indian Muslims tied black bands on their hands and registered peaceful protest against the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 Muslims reject this bill the AIMPLB claimed in a post on XWe demand the government to immediately withdraw this unconstitutional Waqf Amendment Bill it saidA large number of Muslims in Patna and other cities also wore black armbands during Jumma prayers on the last Friday of Ramzan in protest against the Waqf Amendment BillSeveral Muslims posted pictures of themselves wearing the armband on social media as directed by the AIMPLB with the hashtag India Against Waqf BillThe AIMPLB on Sunday announced a nationwide agitation against the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 with large sitins planned in front of the state assemblies in Patna and Vijayawada on March 26 and 29 respectively as part of the first phase of the protestThe protests against the Waqf Bill rocked Bihar on Wednesday from the legislature to the streets as political parties within the state and outside stood in solidarity with the AIMPLB which organised a maha dharna in PatnaThe AIMPLB demonstrations were held barely a kilometre away from the Vidhan Sabha premises to demand rollback of the Bill brought by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and to request secular leaders like Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to reconsider support to the contentious legislationThe AIMPLBs 31member Action Committee has resolved to adopt all constitutional legal and democratic means to oppose the bill which it has described as controversial discriminatory and damagingMajor rallies are scheduled to be held in Hyderabad Mumbai Kolkata Bengaluru Malerkotla Punjab and Ranchi the AIMPLB had said in a statementThe AIMPLBs statement comes after Parliaments joint committee submitted its report on the Waqf Amendment Bill Though not listed yet there is speculation that the proposed legislation could be brought for passage in Parliament during the ongoing Budget SessionThe 31member panel on the Bill after multiple sittings and hearings suggested several amendments to the proposed legislation even as the opposition members disagreed with the report and submitted dissent notesThe 655page report was submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on January 30The joint committee adopted the report that contained changes suggested by members of the ruling BJP by a 1511 majority vote The move prompted the opposition to dub the exercise an attempt to destroy Waqf boardsThe Bill was referred to the joint committee on August 8 last year following its introduction in the Lok Sabha by Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren RijijuThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever