'Will Nullify Waqf Bill When New Govt Comes': Mamata Banerjee Says BJP Brought It To Divide Country
Mamata Banerjee asserted to bring an amendment to nullify the Waqf Bill once a new government is formed after ousting the current regime. She also accused the BJP of using the Bill to divide the country.
Hours before the Waqf Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha in the early hours of Friday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brought the Bill to “divide the country".
She also pledged to bring an amendment to nullify it when a “new government is formed after ousting the current regime".
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“When a new government is formed after ousting the current regime, we will bring a new amendment to nullify this Waqf Bill brought by the BJP," she told reporters.
“The BJP brought this Waqf Bill to divide the country," she alleged.
#WATCH | Howrah: On #WaqfAmendmentBill, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, “…This was done intentionally, politically, to divide the country…But one day, they will go away, and the other Government will come. At that time, you must remember there will be another amendment,… pic.twitter.com/geF9WvtWKm— ANI (@ANI) April 3, 2025
Earlier, on Wednesday, Banerjee slammed the BJP for its “divisive agenda".
“My MPs are in Delhi to speak on the Waqf issue. The ‘jumla party’ has only one agenda — to divide the country. They believe in ‘divide and rule’," she alleged.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha early on Thursday after a marathon 12-hour debate.
It was later also cleared in the Rajya Sabha.
The ruling NDA strongly defended the Bill, describing it as beneficial for minorities, while the opposition parties condemned it, calling it “anti-Muslim".
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