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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the 'Rising Bharat Summit 2025' at Bharat Mandapam and talked about the recently-enacted Waqf Act. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first public remarks on the recently-enacted Waqf Amendment Act 2025 sparked a massive political debate, with the BJP calling it a “strong response to the provocative lobby" and the Opposition calling the law “divisive". Addressing the News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2025 on Tuesday, PM Modi dubbed the protests by the Opposition against the law as “appeasement politics" and said that the rights of poor pasmanda Muslims, women, and children will now be ensured under the new law.
BJP Reacts To PM Modi’s Remarks On Waqf BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala said that the Opposition was playing “appeasement politics" by protesting against the law. “The Prime Minister has given a strong response to the provocative lobby and ecosystem regarding the Waqf Amendment Act. These people are only engaged in politics of appeasement," he said.
Notably, several Opposition parties and Muslim groups voiced their protest against the Waqf Act. The Supreme Court has also agreed to hear petitions challenging the law on April 15. Opposition Slams PM Modi Over His Waqf Remarks Several Opposition parties, including Congress, Samajwadi Party, and AIADMK, hit out at the Prime Minister for his remarks during the Rising Bharat address.
Congress MLC from Telangana, Addanki Dayakar, alleged that the Waqf Act divides “not only Hindu and Muslims but also Muslims". “Modi is the PM of India. He always divides people in the name of religion, region, caste, and gender.
Today, he wants to divide the Muslims," he alleged. The Samajwadi Party said that India is “sinking" under the BJP government. “India is rising, not sinking, under BJP’s leadership.
You cannot drown 25 crore Muslims in the Indian Ocean. You cannot take over Shia Imambaras, mosques, and graveyards through black laws," SP spokesperson Ameeq Jamei said. AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan said that the Indian Constitution has given the right to live to every citizen, irrespective of religion; however, the BJP’s “reforms" “bulldoze" one section of society.
“What has stopped the BJP from taking stakeholders into confidence in this case of Waqf Amendment of minorities? Whatever so-called reforms the BJP undertakes is perceived as bulldozing a particular section of people," he said..
