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Facing disapproval from a conception of Muslim leaders arsenic her authorities is going up with the digitisation of Waqf properties successful West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025) tried to guarantee the radical that she volition not let “anyone to interaction people’s property”.
“Some are trying to incite part connected the ground of religion. Waqf instrumentality (Waqf Amendment Bill) was introduced by the BJP. In the State Assembly, we brought a connection against it (the Bill). We resisted it and filed a lawsuit successful the Supreme Court, which is ongoing,” the Chief Minister said addressing a nationalist gathering astatine State’s Malda district.
Ms. Banerjee added that arsenic agelong arsenic she is there, she volition not let anyone to interaction minorities. “Whoever it whitethorn be, I volition not let anyone to interaction spiritual places. I bash not bash communal politics,” Ms. Banerjee said.
The Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remarks travel days aft a missive by West Bengal Minority Affairs Department directed each District Magistrates to upload registered Waqf Properties connected Data successful Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment. Efficiency & Development (UMEED) Portal has surfaced successful nationalist domain.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 passed by the Parliament successful April 2025 and the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that the instrumentality volition not beryllium implemented successful the State.
A missive by P.B. Salim Secretary to the Government of West Bengal Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education Department to each District Magistrates connected November 27 pointed retired that each the ‘Existing Registered Waqf Properties’ are to beryllium uploaded by the respective Mutawallis wrong 6 months from the day of motorboat of the UMEED Central Portal and the said six months play volition expire connected 5th December, 2025.
Leaders from Muslim assemblage including West Bengal Minister and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Bengal president Siddiqullah Chowdhury has said “Muslims volition not enactment quiescent if Waqf properties are taken away”.
Toha Siddique, a spiritual teacher from Furfura Sharif has accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of indulging successful double-speak erstwhile it comes to the involvement of Muslims. Leaders from AIMIM person besides announced a protestation successful Kolkata against the authorities government’s “decision to judge the caller instrumentality aft resisting it for months”.
Muslims comprise 27.01 % State’s colonisation and person firmly been down the Trinamool Congress since 2011. Any divided successful the Muslim enactment basal whitethorn airs problems for Trinamool Congress successful the upcoming Assembly polls.
