A protest rally was organised here against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on Sunday, with protesters demanding its repeal.
Scores of demonstrators, carrying placards reading "Our Waqf Our Right", "We Reject Waqf Amendment Act", "Waqf Bachao March", and "Save Our Constitution", marched and gathered at the B R Ambedkar statue at Tank Bund.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President B Mahesh Kumar Goud expressed solidarity with the protesters, according to a release from the state Congress.
Protests In Mursidabad
Two persons were killed and more than 110 people were arrested in connection with the violence that broke out in the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal during a protest over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, police told PTI.
On Friday, protests in Murshidabad's Suti area turned violent when demonstrators defied prohibitory orders, blocking roads, pelting stones at security personnel, and setting police vans and public buses ablaze during a procession, as per the reports.
At least 10 policemen were also injured while trying to control the mob.
Waqf (Amendment) Act
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was recently passed by the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha after marathon debates in both Houses of Parliament.
The opposition parties protested against the bill by saying it was ‘discriminatory against Muslims’.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi criticised it, calling it an 'open attack on the Constitution'. But the BJP defended the bill, saying that the bill aims to bring transparency, reduce corruption and better manage Waqf properties.
