All India Muslim Personal Law Board Announces Nationwide Movement Against Waqf Amendment Bill
After the 17 March protest in Delhi, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday announced a nationwide movement against the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill.
A statement released by Mohd Vaquar Uddin Latifi, Office Secretary of the (AIMPLB) said, ” Following a massive and successful protest in Delhi on March 17, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has announced a nationwide agitation against the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill.
SQR Ilyas, spokesperson of AIMPLB and Convener of the Action Committee Against the Waqf Bill, thanked Muslim organizations, civil society groups, and leaders from Dalit, Adivasi, OBC, and other minority communities.
“Without the grace of Allah and the united support of these groups, the success of the Delhi demonstration would not have been possible,” he said, ANI reported.
The statement announced that the AIMPLB’s 31-member Action Committee has decided to use all constitutional, legal, and democratic methods to “oppose” what it calls a “controversial, discriminatory, and harmful” bill. The first phase of this product will include large site-ins outside state assemblies in Patna on March 26 and Vijayawada on March 29.
