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Kerala: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said a false narrative is being spread out by political parties that center is against Muslims.
Addressing a press briefing on the Waqf legislation, Rijiju said that land in India is a very “precious” thing and if we lose it then everything is lost and in India there should not be any provision for anyone to “forcefully and unilaterally take away someone’s land.”
“I have come here for an important and sensitive issue; Land is the most precious thing for us. If you lose your land, you lose everything. That is why we have considered that in India, there should not be any provision for anybody to forcefully and unilaterally take away someone’s land. We must make laws to protect every inch of land for their rightful owner. We brought amendments to this law as earlier, there were unprecedented powers given to Waqf. This is not targeted towards Muslims. There is a narrative that the Central govt is against Muslims. But it’s not true. We are here to correct the mistakes committed in the past and provide justice to people”, Rijiju said.
The Union Minister said that India has the largest number of Waqf properties in the world. He said that 600 fishermen living Munambam area in Kerala started paying taxes for the land and suddenly Kerala Waqf Board declared the 404 acres of variable land in Munambam as Waqf property.
“India has the largest Waqf properties in the world. In India, Waqf has the largest number of properties…The Munambam case came before us some time ago. I was deeply upset when I learn about this case. The 600 fishermen living there who started paying taxes for the land, and suddenly Kerala Waqf Board declared the 404 acres of variable land in Munambam as Waqf property. This is how the tragedy came before us and people learnt about the injustice done to people. Looking at such pains of people, the Modi Govt decided to bring amendments to Waqf Act. Now, there will not be an arbitrary declaration of any land as Waqf land”, Rijiju said.
