BJP's concern for Muslims puts Jinnah to shame: Uddhav Thackeray mocks
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said the "concern" shown by the BJP and its allies during the discussion on the Waqf Amendment Bill would put Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah to shame, PTI reported.
His party opposed the BJP's fraudulent stand on the bill and its ploy to take away land and give it to its industrialist friends, he said at a press conference here, hours after the bill was passed by the Lok Sabha.
Thackeray, a former BJP ally, said the BJP had won a third term at the Centre, and things are going well, yet it is raking up Hindu-Muslim issues.
He dared the saffron party to remove the green colour from its party flag if it disliked Muslims.
Thackeray also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have told the country about the impending danger of US tariffs and the steps being taken to mitigate it.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin condemned the passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. He also announced that the DMK will challenge the legislation in the Supreme Court, IANS reported.
Addressing the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, CM Stalin declared, “Tamil Nadu will fight, and it will succeed in this fight.”
DMK legislators wore black badges during the Assembly session as a mark of protest against the Bill’s passage in the Lok Sabha.
The Lok Sabha passed the Bill in the early hours of Thursday, April 3, after a 12-hour-long debate. A total of 288 members voted in favour, while 232 opposed it.
Meanwhile, Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, a day after the Lok Sabha cleared it following a 12-hour long marathon debate.