Political battle escalates over Waqf Bill in Maharashtra
Political battle escalates over Waqf Bill in Maharashtra
The political row over Waqf Bill has intensified in Maharashtra, and Sena engages with slugfest.
Dy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray are targeting each other over their stance on the bill in Parliament.
Earlier Dy.CM Eknath Shinde criticized the Shiv Sena (UBT) terming it an unfortunate day for the party as their position on Hindutva was exposed. He claimed that the party had falsely stated they opposed the bill because it would hand over land to builders. It’s not true at all.
On the other hand, Uddhav Thackeray, on accused the BJP for the introduction of the Waqf Bill to divert attention from the tariff issue with the United States. He argued that the BJP should consult all political parties before making major decisions.
Thackeray went on to say that “BJP”is the biggest political party of India, but it is in a confused state. Earlier BJP leaders gave a clarion call to remove Aurangzeb’s tomb, but later their parent body RSS said the tomb is an irrelevant issue. BJP says one thing while acting on another.
Shinde further went on to accuseThackeray’s party of being indecisive. “Shiv Sena (UBT) is very confused and they do not know what to do, whether to support the bill or not? They cannot take any clear stand on any issue. Both the leadership and party are baffled, therefore they supported the Waqf Bill in Parliament.
It also shows that they have left behind Balasaheb Thackeray’s hindutva ideology,” he alleged.
Shinde also said that Balasaheb Thackeray always supported nationalist Muslims, just like PMinister NallllModi and the BJP.
But here Uddhav Thackeray took the wrong decision by standing with Rahul Gandhi and supporting the Waqf Bill. Thackeray wanted to oppose the BJP or the Waqf Bill, that is also not clear. Earlier, only a handful of people in the Muslim community were benefiting from Waqf land. Now, the Waqf land will be used for the development of schools, colleges, and hospitals for poor and needy people,” he said.
Uddhav Thackeray countered by accusing the BJP of wanting control over Waqf land to hand it over to their close associates. He also questioned BJP’s commitment to Hindutva.
Thackeray asserted that the”Union Minister Amit Shah says the Waqf Bill is in support of Muslims, so he wants to ask, has BJP left Hindutva since they are supporting the bill? Shinde and BJP should not teach us Hindutva.
Meanwhile Sparks fly thick and fast amidst waqf bill debate.
News Edit KV Raman
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