National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah slammed the Centre on Waqf Amendment Bill on Tuesday. He said they(Centre) will not be able to erase the name of Allah.

On Waqf Amendment Bill, Farooq Abdullah said, “Allah is the master. He alone will save the Waqf. Whatever they do with the Waqf, they will not be able to erase the name of Allah.”

While talking to reporters, Farooq Abdullah also responded On his statement regarding Article 370. He said, “Article 370 was for the protection of this place… The law implemented in 1927 by Maharaja Kashmir was made to save the jobs of people here because they were not very educated.”

Earlier, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) has cleared the WAQF Bill 1995 with 25 amendments across 14 clauses/sections, according to JPC Chairman Jagdambika Pal. In his statement, Pal defended the process and outlined the extensive efforts made by the committee to involve various stakeholders over the past six months.

He said, “The way we had a democratic meeting yesterday, and the amendment that was passed by the government in the WAQF 1995 bill, that amendment was referred to the JPC, in which for the past six months, we have continuously visited states, be it Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, UP, we had 36 meetings in Delhi, and we met with all stakeholders, state government officials, work board, SHIA WAQF board, Sunni WAQF board, minority commissions, Islamic scholars, professors, retired judges, lawyers, high courts, Supreme Court, we met with everyone.”