Srinagar, Apr 04: India has moved into a dark era of brute majoritarianism where minority interests have been shown the door, Member Parliament Agha Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said on Friday.
“With the passing of the Waqf Bill in the den of the night, the RSS-BJP regime has strongly reaffirmed its anti-Muslim, anti-minority intent. A party that doesn’t have a SINGLE Muslim MP has NO moral or political right to speak for Muslims. In the “temple of democracy”, the lived realities of Muslims were ignored and humiliated,” reads a media statement.
“As a Muslim voice from Kashmir in Parliament, I was not even allowed to speak. Time was taken at both the introduction and passage of the Bill by the floor leader of JKNC, leaving no space for my intervention. This is structural marginalization. And it has caused deep anguish among the people I represent,” reads the statement, as per news agency Kashmir Bulletin.
“Taking away Waqf autonomy, abolishing “Waqf by user,” and allowing land grabbers to claim Muslim properties is nothing but state-sponsored dispossession. My fight against this belligerent and bigoted attack on Muslims will continue to grow stronger,” the statement further reads. (KB)
