Mamata Banerjee defends Waqf properties, challenges centre's amendment act

Mamata Banerjee defends Waqf properties, challenges centre's amendment act

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has vowed to protect Waqf properties in Malda. She stated the Central government's Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, will not be implemented. Banerjee asserted her government has moved the Supreme Court against the Act. She emphasized her commitment to secularism and protecting all religious places in Bengal.

Won't Allow any Impact on Religious Places: Mamata on Registration of Waqf Properties in Centre's Portal

KOLKATA —  Reacting to the development that 50 per cent of the Waqf Estate in the state has been registered in the Centre’s portal by the state Waqf Development Board, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she will not allow any impact on any religious place. While indirectly trying to establish that registration was necessary as per the new Waqf (Amendment) Act, a central law, she also claimed that in West Bengal, she wou…