The Delhi Hajj Committee has criticised protests against the Waqf Amendment Bill, urging demonstrators to read the bill before protesting. The committee states that the bill aims to increase transparency and accountability in Waqf management. Opposition leaders, including Asaduddin Owaisi, continue to protest, claiming the bill disadvantages minorities. Government representatives assert the bill will benefit poor Muslim women and provide more rights to underprivileged Muslim communities.
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00:00This is now coming in with regard to the Delhi hajj committee slamming the waqf bill protest.
00:11This is very important. Remember there has been protests with regard to the anti, to
00:16the hajj, to the waqf amendment bill and the protest against it. Now hajj panels read the
00:24bill then protest. Day after Islamic bodies got together to protest in Delhi, the hajj
00:31panel is saying Delhi, waqf bill and the amendment coming with it will benefit everyone. The
00:37Delhi hajj committee has questioned why are you protesting? At least read the bill, the
00:41details, then protest.
00:54The amendment bill is for transparency and accountability. With this, transparency and
01:01accountability will increase. There are some people who are just running things on their
01:07own terms. This won't work. That is why I will say again, I have said this before and
01:15I am repeating it, that this step is being taken for the betterment of the Muslim community
01:20by the government.
01:22My colleague Piyush Mishra joining me for the latest on that. Piyush, that is a very
01:26interesting comment that has come in that at least the protest should come after you
01:30have read the details. But tell us more about what the hajj panel has said and what is the
01:34status with the protest because Oversee was also seen at Jantar Mantar.
01:39Well, the protest continues Pooja and this entire cabal of Muslim leaders, they have
01:44decided to protest until the time, you know, this bill is not taken back. They are saying
01:50that if this bill is tabled in parliament and if it gets passed, then they will protest
01:56across the country. Yesterday we saw a lot of Muslim leaders staging their protest including
02:02Asozhan OSCE and various political opposition parties, they had also joined that protest
02:07which also includes Samajwadi Party, Congress and various others. So the opposition is of
02:12the view that the government is trying to bulldoze this bill on the minority here in
02:17the country. On the other side, the government representatives have made it very clear that
02:22this bill is going to give a lot of benefits to poor Muslim women, to poor strata of Muslim
02:28society. It is going to give back them their rights and there is a lot of accountability
02:33and transparency also in this entire bill. We also spoke to Jagadambika Pal who is the
02:39chairperson of JPCO and Vax Bill. He also made it very clear that all the protesters
02:44should read what is there in the Vax Bill and then only they should go and protest.
02:49In fact, he also highlighted that the JPCO had held various meetings, multiple deliberations
02:55have taken place and after that itself the report has been submitted. Now we will have
02:59to wait and watch how the politics is going to escalate on this entire matter.
03:02So if there is a group saying at least let's read and if it is about holding accountable,
03:07holding answerable, should we look at that too. Thank you very much Piyush, we will be
03:10tracking about the protests too.