Will Scrap Waqf Amendment Act If Voted to Power: Tejashwi Yadav
RJD Leader Launches Fierce Attack on BJP, Nitish Kumar; Promises Seemanchal Development Authority and Higher Pensions
GG News Bureau
Patna, 26th Oct: In a fiery pre-election speech, Mahagathbandhan’s Chief Ministerial candidate and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav vowed that the Waqf (Amendment) Act would be “thrown into the dustbin” if his alliance came to power in Bihar. Addressing a large public rally in Katihar, a Muslim-majority district, Yadav took direct aim at the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accusing them of dividing society along communal lines and neglecting the backward Seemanchal region.
The Waqf (Amendment) Act, passed by Parliament in April 2025, has triggered sharp debate across political circles. The ruling NDA government claims the amendment ensures transparency and inclusivity, particularly for backward Muslims and women, while the opposition alleges it infringes upon community rights.
Yadav accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its affiliates of “spreading hatred” in the name of religion and dubbed the BJP the “Bharat Jalao Party”. He further claimed that Nitish Kumar has consistently sided with communal forces for political survival.
Promising a Seemanchal Development Authority, Yadav assured that the region’s longstanding issues of poverty and infrastructure neglect would be addressed under the Mahagathbandhan government. On welfare measures, he pledged to raise the old-age pension to ₹2,000 per month and expand social protection schemes.
Responding to recent controversy triggered by RJD MLC Mohammad Kari Sohaib, who claimed that “all bills, including the Waqf Bill, would be torn up” if Yadav became Chief Minister, the BJP questioned the legality of overturning central laws at the state level.
Positioning the Mahagathbandhan as an agent of change, Yadav urged voters to end the “20-year misrule” of the NDA, which he alleged has been marred by corruption, unemployment, and law-and-order failures. “People gave them 20 years; we are asking for just 20 months to prove what real governance looks like,” he declared, setting the tone for an increasingly charged Bihar election campaign.
