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Amidst discontent among a conception of Muslims, the West Bengal authorities has issued advertisements successful newspapers that State’s Chief Minister has fixed assurance Waqf properties successful the State volition stay protected.
The advertisements published successful large nationalist and vernacular dailies states that the West Bengal Government continues to reason the caller Waqf Amendment Act.
“The State Waqf Board has filed a writ petition successful the Hon’ble Supreme Court challenging the validity of the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025 [W.P.(C) No. 331/2025), which is presently pending,” the advertisement states.
Pointing retired that the allegations levelled against the State Government by immoderate vested interests are wholly baseless and unfounded, the connection issued by the State authorities says that successful the involvement of maintaining the regularisation of law, a solution was passed successful the State Legislative Assembly connected December 3, 2024, requesting the Central Government to retreat the Waqf Amendment Bill.
A missive by the Secretary Government of West Bengal Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education Department to each District Magistrates had surfaced successful November 2025 stating 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. This has fixed a grip to a conception of Muslim leaders arsenic good arsenic Opposition parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to people WB Chief Minister who has said that new Waqf law volition not beryllium implemented successful the State.
The paper advertisement states that each the existing Waqf properties successful West Bengal (i.e. astir 82,616 Waqf properties) are already registered successful the aged Waqf portal (WAMSI portal) maintained by the Central Government.
“Therefore, determination is nary information successful specified propaganda that registration of spot details successful the caller portal (UMEED portal) volition effect successful transportation oregon alienation of Waqf properties,” the State authorities said. The advertisement states that the lone quality betwixt WAMSI portal and UMEED portal is successful the process of registering the information.
“In the aged portal, the accusation related to waqf was registered straight done the State Waqf Board, but successful the caller portal (UMEED portal), the acrophobic Mutawallis volition registry the details of the waqf spot personally,” the advertisement said.
According to the West Bengal authorities it has extended all-out enactment for the information introduction process done the District Administration and has acceptable up further information en introduction desks astatine the District and Block levels and information of 23,087 registered Waqf properties has been uploaded connected UMEED portal by December 5, 2025.
West Bengal has witnessed convulsive protests successful April 2025 implicit the Waqf (Amendment) Act and communal riots erupted starring to astatine slightest 3 deaths successful State’s Murshidabad district. 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.
The Chief Minister had tried to allay fears connected Waqf properties and during a nationalist gathering successful Malda connected December 3 said she volition not let “anyone to interaction people’s property”.
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.
