- 3/26/2025
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has staged a protest against the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill in Patna, calling it anti-Muslim and discriminatory.
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00:00The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has taken to the streets to protest the Waqf Amendment Bill.
00:08Now in poll-bound Bihar, opposition parties, especially the RJD, joined the protest.
00:13The protesters are calling the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill blatantly anti-Muslim and discriminatory.
00:20The government insists the bill is for the better management of Waqf properties
00:24and that it is vested interests that want to control these properties
00:30and don't want that Muslim masses should benefit from Waqf properties.
00:35The board is being made more broad-based, including bringing in women in the management.
00:41We'll get you all sides of the story, but first this report by India Today's Rohit Singh from Ground Zero.
00:48Muslim organizations are hitting the streets to protest against the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill.
00:56The All India Muslim Personal Law Board held a protest at Gardhani Bagh in Patna on Wednesday.
01:01The event was attended by Bihar's opposition leaders.
01:17They are trying to destroy democracy.
01:21At any cost, we are trying not to pass this bill.
01:28If we fight together, God willing, we will win.
01:35The Waqf is a major issue in Bihar, the only major state going to polls this year.
01:41Joint Parliamentary Committee Chief urged protesters to wait for the bill to be tabled.
01:46We heard the views of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
01:53We incorporated their concerns.
01:57But in spite of this, the way they are opposing the amendment bill,
02:05it is their strategy.
02:09The BJP slammed the opposition over its stand.
02:13The Bihar Parliamentary Assembly's election in 2025
02:17is an attempt to satisfy a particular group of people.
02:26It is unfortunate that they are trying to divide the people of Bihar on a religious basis.
02:34With the government expected to table the Waqf Amendment Bill in this session of Parliament,
02:40many Muslim bodies are planning protests.
02:42AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi had joined a protest in Delhi recently.
02:48The Waqf Amendment Bill will set new rules for management of properties
02:52dedicated exclusively for religious or charitable purposes under Islamic law.
02:57Waqf boards control 8.7 lakh properties spanning 9.4 lakh acres across India
03:04with an estimated value of 1.2 lakh crore rupees.
03:08There are 32 Waqf boards including two Shia Waqf boards in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
03:13With Rohit Singh in Patna, Bureau Report, India Today.
03:20Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has spoken strongly in favour of Waqf reforms.
03:25He's hit out at the opposition. He's also hit out at those who resist change
03:32saying in the past governments were blackmailed by vested interests
03:37and by very powerful entities in the name of Waqf. Listen in.
04:02Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has misused his property for his personal gain.
04:07He has sold it at a very high price.
04:10What's the situation today?
04:12He has sold property to many people for a single property.
04:16There is a dispute over it.
04:18There will be all kinds of problems due to it in the future.
04:22For those who have settled there and for those who have given money.
04:26Because their savings will be lost.
04:28So, this can't be a stupid thing to do.
04:33Secondly, they have seen any property.
04:36See, they used to blackmail the governments.
04:42At different times, in the name of Waqf,
04:46they have taken all kinds of stupid decisions.
04:49Especially, that the land which the Waqf will say is theirs, will be taken as theirs.
04:54Are we stupid? What kind of a country is this?
05:24And then again, by Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee in 2005.
05:28So, is this resistance to change?
05:30Joining me on India First is Yasmeen Faruqi,
05:33National Secretary, General Secretary of the SDPI.
05:36And Shehzad Poonawalla represents the Bharatiya Janata Party on the broadcast.
05:40And I want to begin by asking Shehzad Poonawalla,
05:43Maulana Fazlur Rahim Mujadidi,
05:46the General Secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board,
05:49has insisted that Masjids, Khankas, Madrasas,
05:54they are all under attack and they are barely hanging by a thread.
05:58He claims that the government is oppressing Muslims
06:01under the guise of these laws,
06:03chipping away at religious freedom. Sir, respond.
06:10See, Gaurav Ji, in the name of Waqf,
06:12Bhadkao Bhaijaan Committee is once again at work.
06:15You must remember, one year ago,
06:17I came to debate with you, Yasmeen Ji.
06:20At that time, there was a narrative that
06:22if this CA law is introduced,
06:24then the citizenship of Muslims will be snatched away.
06:26Gaurav Ji, now it's been a year,
06:28it's been more than a year since this law has been notified.
06:30How many Muslims have lost their citizenship?
06:32Now, remove the CA and replace it with Waqf.
06:35If Waqf comes, then see, the mosques will be snatched away,
06:38there will be a bulldozer at our graveyard,
06:40there will be a civil war.
06:42So, Waqf is an excuse
06:44to instigate riots.
06:45Let me give you a few examples.
06:47Who proposed this amendment in Waqf?
06:49Was it Gaurav Sawant?
06:51Was it Narendra Modi?
06:52Was it the Satchar Committee report?
06:54Was it the JPC report of Rehman Khan?
06:57Was it the Aga Khani Samaj?
06:59Was it the Sajjada Naseen of Dargaon?
07:01Because the powers that this Waqf has,
07:0437 lakh acres of land has come,
07:06but do you know how much is the income of this Waqf?
07:08Of the entire Waqf?
07:10163 crores.
07:1237 lakh acres means,
07:1437 times the size of Mumbai.
07:16Can you imagine the rental income of one Mumbai?
07:20The entire Waqf property is getting income of 163 crores.
07:24Satchar report said it should get at least 12,000 crores,
07:27which means this battle is not between Gaurav Sawant and Yasmin over Waqf,
07:31it is between the Bewa,
07:33it is between the Gatim,
07:35it is between the Anaat of the Muslim community
07:37versus the land grabbers.
07:39So, today Yasmin ji is standing with the land grabber.
07:41Today Yasmin ji is standing with the land grabber.
07:43And Yasmin ji, you should not be standing with the land grabber.
07:46A very big accusation.
07:48Yasmin Faruqi ji, give an answer.
07:50How is the Waqf law an attack on the religious freedom of Muslims?
07:54And Shahzad Poonawalla is saying that
07:56Yasmin Faruqi is standing with the land mafia.
08:01And he is giving an example of Rajinder Satchar committee report of 2006,
08:06which is saying that you are getting only 163 crores,
08:09you should have got 12,000 crores.
08:11Where did that money go?
08:18Shahzad Poonawalla,
08:20son, stop accusing me.
08:23I am much older than you.
08:25You are directly accusing me that I am standing with the land mafia.
08:29Okay, I forgive you.
08:31No problem.
08:32Now let's come to the report of the Satchar committee.
08:34If you read,
08:35in the report of the Satchar committee,
08:37a lot of land has been taken by the government.
08:40You are talking,
08:42your second question was that
08:45money is coming less from the Waqf board,
08:49while the income should be more.
08:51Absolutely right.
08:52I agree with that.
08:53You tell me one thing,
08:55who makes the chairman in the Waqf board?
08:58The government.
09:00The government in any state,
09:05whether it is the government of Congress or BJP,
09:09they do not make it a Muslim.
09:12No one makes it a Khanqa.
09:15The chairman is from the government.
09:18And the vice chairman, the whole committee,
09:21all those things are made by the government.
09:24So tell me,
09:26the entire hand is of the government, isn't it?
09:28Now one thing was said,
09:30selling.
09:31No land of the Waqf can be sold.
09:35Because this is the rule of Waqf.
09:37What is Waqf?
09:39First, let's see what is Waqf?
09:43Waqf is the land or property,
09:46which the kings, kings,
09:49or those who had personal land,
09:51they made Waqf.
09:53That's why you are absolutely right,
09:55that orphans, widows,
09:58and school mothers, etc., etc.
10:01Now you tell me one thing,
10:03today if you are saying this,
10:05they will not leave.
10:07Where are the school mothers being snatched from?
10:09All India Muslim Personal Law Board is saying
10:11that if this land is gone,
10:13or if the Waqf Amendment Bill comes,
10:15then the school mothers will be shut down,
10:17the universities will be shut down.
10:18This is spreading lies,
10:19or spreading fear, Madam?
10:21Yes.
10:22No, no, no.
10:24Neither lies are being spread,
10:25nor fear is being spread.
10:27You tell me one thing,
10:29today if I say this,
10:31that in your Ram Mandir,
10:33keep four Muslims as members,
10:35in that temple,
10:36keep four Muslims as members,
10:38will you agree?
10:40What are you saying?
10:41Waqf is totally a religious thing.
10:44In that, the first thing is this,
10:48the second is to change the name of Waqf.
10:51First, we are talking about Waqf,
10:53we are talking about Waqf,
10:54we went to NRC and that.
10:56Now, if I sit in a debate on that,
10:58it will be very long,
10:59but I will talk on the point.
11:01No, but you both,
11:02they said that
11:03first lies were spread in his name,
11:05now lies are being spread in his name.
11:07And this was my question to you,
11:08which you did not answer.
11:10No, lies were spread.
11:11My question was that
11:12the universities will be shut down.
11:13No, I have given.
11:14Which university will be shut down?
11:16Which Madrasa will be shut down?
11:17Yes, yes, absolutely.
11:18Which Madrasa will be shut down?
11:19Absolutely, absolutely.
11:22Absolutely, absolutely.
11:23If you are giving power to someone,
11:25in today's judgment,
11:27two judgments,
11:28you are taking money from a judge's house
11:30and you are a judge of Allahabad High Court,
11:33if you see their decision
11:34in the name of a woman,
11:36then my heart was shaken.
11:38No, I am coming to the same issue.
11:40So, if you give full power to a collector
11:43who does not have time,
11:45who has his whole district,
11:48he does not have time
11:49that he will listen to you.
11:51You are giving him power.
11:52I never move away from that issue.
11:55You make a whole JCC.
11:58You remove all the work from them.
12:01You are not paying attention to it.
12:03All India Muslim Personal Law Board
12:05has to say that
12:06this interference of the government
12:10on the WAF board
12:12will be strongly opposed.
12:14The government wants to control the land,
12:17wants to put the collector there
12:18who does not have time,
12:20if he does not have time,
12:21how will there be justice?
12:26First of all,
12:27my mother's name is Yasmeen.
12:29So, any woman named Yasmeen,
12:32I was not directly accusing her.
12:34There is a way of saying
12:36that Yasmeen is taking the side
12:39of the land grabbers.
12:40So, this is not a personal accusation.
12:42Yasmeen Apa herself knows
12:43that I respect her a lot.
12:44Look, the second thing I want to say,
12:46look Yasmeen Apa,
12:47I asked you two or three specific things.
12:49I asked you whether it is right or not
12:52that there are many intellectuals
12:54of the Muslim society.
12:55Let me give you an example.
12:57Anwar Manipadi,
12:59he was the head of the Karnataka Minority Commission.
13:03He reported that
13:04out of the 54,000 acres of land in Karnataka,
13:0729,000 acres were seized
13:09by the big leaders of the Karnataka Congress.
13:11Property worth 2 lakh crores.
13:13Is this true or false?
13:15Is it true or false
13:17that from Bihar to every place,
13:19the land of the Waqf,
13:20even though it is the third largest land bank,
13:23that land is not sold,
13:24but in different ways,
13:26a nexus of land mafia,
13:28Waqf officials,
13:29and some other people,
13:31political people,
13:32use that nexus together.
13:33And that property never comes to us.
13:36Now, the changes that are being brought,
13:38all these changes are those changes
13:40that different commissions,
13:41committees and reports recommended.
13:43But because Modi does it,
13:45you have to oppose it.
13:46I was not going to the CAA,
13:48I was saying that this pattern has become the same.
13:50Now, the last thing he said,
13:51the interference of Muslims,
13:53Hindus are being non-interfered with.
13:56Look, the temple committee,
13:58the trust,
13:59or the mosque committee,
14:01no Hindu is being made in the mosque committee.
14:03But in the Waqf board,
14:04like Tarakeshwar is made in the temple board,
14:07a Muslim, a Firaat Hakeem,
14:09like in the trust of many temples,
14:12Hindu IAS officers become its chairman,
14:15then our Waqf board is also made
14:17by the Parliamentary Act.
14:18With the Parliamentary Act,
14:19there is a place for MP.
14:21MP is not a Hindu-Muslim,
14:22MP is a representative.
14:23He is a representative of the constitution.
14:24Why are you looking at him as a Hindu-Muslim?
14:26Tomorrow you will say that I am a Muslim,
14:28so I want a Muslim MP.
14:29Waqf is a constitutional,
14:31a statutory system.
14:33If a statutory position is being made
14:35of an MP or a district collector,
14:37then this is a part of our constitutional system.
14:40And one last thing,
14:4110 seconds more.
14:42Apa, I just want to ask you one question.
14:44Tell me honestly,
14:46tell me 10 places where
14:48hospitals are running in the name of Waqf,
14:50where poor people are being treated for free.
14:53You say that we do not have to ask anyone,
14:57so this is a great opportunity
14:59that if the proper management of Waqf property is done,
15:01then we can take care of our people
15:03with our Waqf property.
15:05What is the problem in this?
15:06Yasmeen ji wants to answer.
15:07Why are the land grabbers
15:08playing with their hands?
15:10Yasmeen Farooqui ji, answer.
15:15Shahzad,
15:19let me tell you one thing.
15:21You just repeated what I said.
15:23You must have seen.
15:24You said that the people of Congress
15:26have that property.
15:27What did I tell you?
15:28Because the government
15:30always has the ruling.
15:32The chairman is of the government.
15:34And even today,
15:35you are bringing the same thing
15:36and putting it on your head.
15:37It is a cubicle.
15:38There is a magistrate in it,
15:39a magistrate of the government.
15:41And if you have a case,
15:43it is decided there.
15:45And it is not that it is decided
15:47by being biased.
15:48The law decides according to the law.
15:51It looks at the papers.
15:52And I will tell you 10 such files,
15:55Shahzad,
15:56which have gone to the High Court
15:58and the Supreme Court.
15:59This is a delusion.
16:00That is wrong.
16:01Secondly,
16:02you are talking about Karnataka.
16:04I am not talking according to a lot of information.
16:07Here in Jaipur,
16:08I will tell you 5 hospitals.
16:10You come.
16:11Which are running in the name of Waqf
16:13and are running for free.
16:14How many schools and colleges
16:16are there in Hyderabad?
16:18And you tell me one thing,
16:20all the Nizams running in Hyderabad
16:22are running on the land of Waqf.
16:24There is a very big office in Karnataka
16:27where our NGPI's office is also there.
16:31There were so many offices.
16:33Yasmeen Farooqui ji,
16:34if a report came in 1976
16:40that the Waqf Board is under the control of Muttawalis
16:45and has to be freed from their clutches.
16:48If someone has a problem
16:50with a Waqf order,
16:52against it,
16:53against the tribunal,
16:55if he goes to the High Court,
16:57then what problem can someone have with this?
17:00What problem can someone have with going to court?
17:02So why is this being resisted?
17:06Why is this being considered government interference?
17:09No, no, when is this being done?
17:11The All India Muslim Personal Law Board
17:13is resisting?
17:14If you say,
17:15I can tell you 10 files
17:19that have gone to the High Court
17:21and the Supreme Court.
17:22I can tell you about Rajasthan.
17:24If you say,
17:25I can tell you the numbers I have written.
17:28This is a delusion and wrong.
17:30So why is this being resisted?
17:32What is the reason for this resistance?
17:35The reason is that
17:39the norms that you have read,
17:4340 or whatever the norms are,
17:45all the interference is of the government.
17:48Why does the government want
17:50to go to the collector
17:52and make people cry?
17:53To take over the land and make people cry?
17:56When a board is sitting and working,
17:58look at the amendment,
18:00let me tell you first.
18:02People used to give on a 99 year lease.
18:04Now there is a cinema house in Jaipur.
18:08It was given on a 99 year lease.
18:10There was an amendment in this.
18:12Everyone appreciated it.
18:14No, it will not be given on a 5 year lease.
18:17You have brought these government norms
18:20that you will have to pay this much of rent
18:23and you will have to pay this much
18:24and the time will come in the board.
18:26So look, this is dishonesty.
18:28This is against professional management.
18:30The intention of the government is bad.
18:32The intention of the government is bad.
18:34Shehzad Poonawalla, that's a big charge.
18:36He is saying that the land of worship,
18:38the land of loyalty,
18:40should only be in the hands of Muslims.
18:42The government wants to take over the land.
18:48First of all,
18:50the amendment that is being discussed today,
18:52the accountability of Muttawalli
18:54has been fixed.
18:56Yasmeen, let me complete my point.
18:58The accountability of Muttawalli has been fixed.
19:00This means that if he
19:02goes against the interests of the Waqf
19:04or the interests of the Muslim community
19:06and deals with them from behind
19:08and misuses the property through corruption,
19:10then there will be a legal action against him.
19:12Are you against this?
19:14Point number two, there is one more thing.
19:16By the way, you people
19:18give a lot of blessings to the constitution.
19:20You make a lot of amendments.
19:22Apaji, listen to me.
19:24You make a lot of amendments.
19:26I am not saying anything.
19:28I am not saying anything.
19:30For example, the Taj Mahal.
19:34If you say that the Taj Mahal is ours,
19:36then the Taj Mahal is yours.
19:38The land of the Mahakum is ours.
19:40The land of the parliament is ours.
19:42Our village is 1,500 years old.
19:44The Quran was revealed 1,400 years ago
19:46and you are claiming 1,500 years old land.
19:48These unlimited parts,
19:50these are not with Hindus.
19:52These are not with Jains.
19:54These are not with Christians.
19:56People who make amendments
19:58say and threaten that
20:00Shaheen will make a garden.
20:02Now there is a threat that
20:04Inshallah, we will become one and win.
20:06Someone says that there will be a civil war here.
20:08So you tell me, is this a constitutional way?
20:10Is this a constitutional way?
20:12That whoever made it,
20:14should I keep my property?
20:16Yasmeen ji,
20:18and Shehzad for joining me here
20:20in India today, many thanks.
20:22There is a rather unfortunate controversy
20:24about one of the bravest sons of the soil,
20:26Maharana Sangha
20:28or Rana Sangram Singh of Mewar.
20:30He ruled for 20 years
20:32from 1508 to 1528.
20:34He fought and won
20:36multiple battles against all odds,
20:38including against the combined
20:40armies of Malwa and Gujarat.
20:42He defeated Ibrahim Lodi.
20:44He defeated Mehmood Khilji too.
20:46Even the Mughal invader Babur's
20:48forces were in awe of his valor.
20:50Sadly,
20:52Samajwadi Party MP Ramjilal Suman
20:54called Rana Sangha a traitor.
20:56And this led to widespread
20:58anger and outrage. Earlier today,
21:00Karni Sena staged a massive protest outside
21:02Ramjilal Suman's residence.
21:04They went with a bulldozer. They vandalized cars
21:06and furniture outside his house.
21:08The police resorted to lathi charge,
21:10detained some of the protesters.
21:12The Karni Sena, instead of resorting to
21:14violence, should have simply
21:16listed out details of his
21:18unparalleled valor
21:20of this brave son of the Rajputana,
21:22this brave son of Mewar.
21:24Maharana Sangha is
21:26reported to have fought. Historians
21:28say he fought over 100
21:30battles in his life and lost just
21:32two. Under his 20-year
21:34rule, the borders of Mewar
21:36expanded in all directions from Gujarat
21:38in the west to Agra in Uttar Pradesh,
21:40Chanderi, Gwalior. They were all a part
21:42of his empire.
21:44But let me list out just some of the battles
21:46that he fought and won. The battle
21:48of Khatoli in 1517, for
21:50example. He defeated Ibrahim
21:52Lodi of Delhi.
21:54He won the battle. Of course, he lost at
21:56Amin and Ai, but he continued
21:58to fight till the end and won.
22:00Then 1519,
22:02the battle of Dholpur.
22:04He defeated Ibrahim Lodi once again
22:06in this battle. 1519,
22:08he fought another battle at
22:10Gagran, and there he defeated
22:12Mehmood Khilji too.
22:14This was where Malwa
22:16was under his control.
22:18Then 1520, the battle of Idar.
22:20He defeated the Gujarat
22:22Sultan Muzaffar Shah too
22:24in this battle.
22:261527, the battle of Bayana.
22:28Defeated Babur's advanced forces.
22:301527,
22:32and this was that unfortunate battle,
22:34the battle of Khanwa. This
22:36changed the tide of history.
22:38He fought against Babur.
22:40Sadly, did not win
22:42but this is where technology
22:44is believed to have played a very
22:46critical role. This is where India
22:48should always keep technology
22:50and then win wars.
22:521528, battle of Chanderi.
22:54Rana Sangha was planning
22:56another attack on Babur. He wanted to get
22:58rid of the invaders. Sadly,
23:00he died around
23:02this time. Some claim he was poisoned
23:04by some of his own. There are others
23:06who say these were battle injuries.
23:0880, 90 battle injuries and yet
23:10he would continue to battle on.
23:12This was the brave son of
23:14Rajputana, of the Sisodia
23:16vansh, of the Sisodia dynasty,
23:18of Mewar. And with such
23:20brave sons of the soil
23:22are called traitors, many
23:24say how dare they.
23:26That is all I have for you on India First this evening.
23:28Many thanks for watching.