Change in 2013 law helped land mafia, says PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed the amendment to the Waqf Act in 2013 by the Congress government as an attempt to appease ‘extremist elements’ and ‘land mafias’, saying the rights of marginalised Muslims, women, and children will now be...

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, Updated At : 06:20 AM Apr 10, 2025 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the state on April 14. File photo

“The 2013 amendment to the Waqf Act was an attempt to appease extremist elements and land mafias. The amendment created an illusion of being above the Constitution, restricting the very pathways to justice that the Constitution had opened,” Modi said during an event on a private news channel.

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