Chandrababu Naidu vows to protect Waqf properties at Iftar event

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu vowed to protect Waqf properties at a Ramzan Iftar event. He pledged support to the Muslim community, stating, 'Telugu Desam Party will always be a party that will protect the rights.'

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00:00All right, top news coming in at this bulletin from Andhra Pradesh.

00:08We are told that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister vows to protect the Waqf properties.

00:15This is big news, remember, because this is Chandrababu Naidu saying, will always support

00:20the Muslim community.

00:21Naidu attending one of the Iftar events as we are heading to the end of the Ramzan month.

00:28He's vowing support to them.

00:30He's saying that at the Ramzan Iftar celebrations, we will protect Waqf properties.

00:36Now remember, he is an NDA ally.

00:39For Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister to take a stand which is fairly different from what

00:44the government of the centre has been saying about Waqf's arbitrary powers, sweeping powers

00:50that is leading to land grab charges, specifically in fact in southern states, but Andhra Pradesh

00:57Chief Minister clearly looking at his state structure right now and the state groups

01:03amid applause, says this.

01:27My colleague Apoorva Jayachandran joining me for the latest on that.

01:53Apoorva, this is a very interesting comment, isn't it?

01:56Because this comes amid what the centre is saying is slightly different.

02:00Well, definitely, Pooja, in fact, remember, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Narachandrababu

02:08Naidu, since the NDA had come into power here in Andhra Pradesh last year, you know, he

02:15had talked about how the recent Jio, the past Jio that had been introduced, you know, Jio

02:20No. 43 that he is talking about, that had been dissolved, that was a Jio introduced

02:24by the YSRCB, you know, government, then former government of Andhra Pradesh and he says that

02:29there had been several discrepancies, you know, relating to that bill that had been

02:35passed and that the NDA government after it came into power, it had dissolved, you know,

02:40that bill there and that Andhra Pradesh government now constituting a new Waqf board with, you

02:47know, a list of new set of members there and it's same on those slides today as well,

02:53you see how at the Iftar party there, Chief Minister Naidu is going on and giving an assurance

02:59to the, you know, the Muslim community there, not only saying that he will protect the,

03:04you know, Waqf properties, but he's also going on and stating that the Telugu Desam

03:09party for which he is the chief, Telugu Desam party will always be, you know, a party that

03:16will protect the rights and the wishes of the minorities and that's it.

03:18Said this ever before in the past few days of the controversy or can we say this is possibly

03:22the first time that Chandrababu Naidu officially on the stage knowing he's on camera saying

03:28he will protect all the Waqf properties and will support the Muslim community?

03:36Well, you know, this is not the first time that Mr. Naidu has gone ahead and given assurance

03:41to the Muslim community there. In fact, earlier on as well, when the Waqf controversy had picked

03:47up pace a couple of months back as well, Mr. Naidu had always said that protecting the Muslim

03:53community, protecting, you know, our, you know, Muslim brothers and sisters, that's going to be

03:58always a priority for the Telugu Desam-led party here, especially in the state of Andhra Pradesh

04:03and that is going to be an amalgamation of all religions, you know, people of all religions

04:08living together in a well-organized and a well communal manner as well and that's the same that

04:14Mr. Naidu has always been practicing and this statement there yesterday that was made at the

04:19Iftar party reiterates his statement there wherein he says we will protect not only Waqf properties

04:25but we'll also ensure that there is upliftment and overall development for the community as well.

04:32Keep tracking all the latest on this, Apurva, because it's going to get very interesting.

04:36In many ways, the Chief Minister is looking at the local vote bank, their state structure right

04:41now, their support and could take a different view even if they are an NDA ally. We'll be

04:46tracking that. Thank you, Apurva, for now.

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