Janta Dal (United) has witnessed a wave of resignations since the Waqf Amendment bill was passed. As of now dozens of Muslim leaders and workers, who held positions in the JD(U)라이브 바카라 state committee in Bihar have left the party.
However, despite the resignations, JD(U) Leaders remain confident about the support for Nitish Kumar from the Muslim community. Ashraf Ansari, President of JD(U)'s Minority Cell in Bihar told 바카라, “The Muslim community is with Nitish Kumar. Those leaving are district-level leaders, neither well-established nor widely recognised. Their exit will not impact the party, as they have shifted between multiple parties even before.”
JD(U) states that it had proposed five suggestions for the Waqf Bill, all of which were incorporated into the legislation. The party upholds that the bill serves the interests of the Muslim community.
Furthermore, among those declared as “district-level” leaders by Ashraf Ansari are Shahnawaz Malik, Tabrez Siddiqui, and Nadeem Akhtar, who had held secretary and general secretary posts in the JD(U)라이브 바카라 State Minority Committee. On the other hand, the internal conflict within the party is also reflected in the statements of senior JD(U) leaders.
The bill was supported by JD(U) in the Parliament, but Ghulam Gaus, an MLC, from the same party, claimed the Waqf Bill to be “unconstitutional” and demanded Nitish Kumar to intervene. Meanwhile, Maulana Ghulam Rasool Baliyavi, National General Secretary of JD(U) and President of the religious body Idara-e-Shariah has already announced plans to challenge the bill legally.
Whatever the party claims, the impact of JDU's support to the Waqf Bill brought by the Government of India in the Parliament is clearly visible on the party leaders.
Veteran journalist Surur Ahmad says that while the actual damage to JD(U) from supporting the bill will be seen in the future, but the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) appears to be securing an immediate advantage.
He asserts that if the BJP believes the Waqf Bill will help consolidate Hindu votes in Bihar, it is mistaken, instead, the opposite may happen with Muslim votes consolidating towards the RJD alliance.
Surur Ahmad further tells 바카라, “The question is how many seats out of 243 in Bihar the BJP will leave for its allies. Suppose BJP contests 100–110 seats and wins 70–80 at best, but if JD(U), led by Nitish Kumar, fails to retain even 43 seats, the entire game could fall apart.”
According to him, anger among Muslims is being seen especially toward NDA allies who supported the Waqf Bill. This could lead to Muslim votes drifting toward the RJD alliance. In such a political scenario, it is quite possible that the Muslim votes that Nitish Kumar, Jitan Ram Manjhi, and Chirag Paswan's party have been getting, will drift towards the RJD alliance, especially in constituencies where RJD lost narrowly in the last election, potentially giving it a significant edge this time.
With the President라이브 바카라 assent, the Waqf Amendment Bill has become a law. The union government claims that it will bring transparency and prevent the alleged misuse and corruption of Waqf properties. However, opposition parties and several Muslim organisations allege that the government is interfering in the religious affairs of the Muslim community.
Bihar is approaching assembly elections later this year. With Muslims holding influence in several constituencies, political parties often organise Iftar parties during Ramadan. The time at which the Waqf Bill was passed, a few months before the Bihar assembly elections indicates significant political shifts in the state.
As soon as NDA allies voted in favour of the bill in the Lok Sabha, multiple Muslim organisations, including Imarat-e-Shariah, appealed for a boycott of their Iftar parties. This triggered political turmoil in Bihar and led to a swing of resignations from Muslim leaders in JD(U).
These organisations had expected that JD(U)라이브 바카라 Nitish Kumar and TDP's Chandrababu Naidu would oppose the bill in Parliament, because of their secular image.
Acting General Secretary of Imarat-e-Shariah, Mohammad Sayyadul Rahman Qasmi, told 바카라, “Nitish Kumar and his party were known for their secular image and viewpoint, which is why Muslim groups were in constant communication with them. We genuinely believed they wouldn’t support the bill. But their stance has deeply disappointed the Muslim community.”
He added that on April 9, Imarat-e-Shariah is going to hold a large meeting with intellectuals and social workers to decide on a strategy against the bill. When asked whether Muslim organisations would appeal to support or oppose any particular party in the upcoming elections, he said such decisions would be made closer to the elections, as it would not be appropriate to decide it now.
Muslims constitute 18 per cent of Bihar라이브 바카라 130 million population, the third largest group after backward classes (63 per cent) and Dalits (19.5 per cent). In past elections, the Muslim vote was often distributed among secular parties, unintentionally benefiting the BJP. However, the Waqf Bill may now cause Muslim votes to consolidate around one alliance.
Senior journalist Faisal Anurag noted that Jharkhand's recent election results show that Muslims are now voting tactically and in unity. He believes that the Waqf Bill's aftermath is not only impacting Nitish Kumar in Bihar but will also damage the remaining Muslim support for Chandrababu Naidu's TDP in Andhra Pradesh and Jayant Chaudhary's alliance in Uttar Pradesh.
