Will lead nationwide movement against Waqf act until legislation repealed, says Muslim board

The AIMPLB has said that it would lead a nationwide movement against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, in coordination with all religious, community-based and social organisations, and that the campaign would continue until the legislation was fully repealed.

Slamming National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituents such as the JD(U), TDP and the LJP (Ramvilas) that backed the Waqf bill in Parliament, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said the support extended by certain parties to the BJP’s communal agenda had fully exposed their so-called secular facade.

In a statement, the AIMPLB emphasised it would lead a nationwide movement against these amendments in coordination with all religious, community-based and social organisations and that the campaign would continue until the amendments were fully repealed.

The board reassured the Muslim community of India that there was no need for despair or disappointment.

The leadership will not shy away from any sacrifice in this cause and, along with all justice-seeking forces in the country, will initiate a strong movement within the constitutional framework against these “oppressive amendments", the AIMPLB said.

These sentiments and views were expressed on Saturday in a meeting of the board’s officials and special invitees, it said in the statement.

Late on Saturday, President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, passed by Parliament earlier this week.

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