Waqf Act: AIADMK slams Modi’s remarks, says BJP 'bulldozing' one section of people

The AIADMK on Wednesday (April 9) slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on the Waqf Amendment Act 2025, which was passed recently, and alleged that the BJP’s reforms are “bulldozing” one section of people.

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“What has stopped the BJP from taking stakeholders into confidence in this case of Waqf Amendment of minorities? Whatever so-called reforms the BJP undertakes is perceived as bulldozing a particular section of people,” AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan said.

'PM's tall claims'

Sathyan had earlier attacked Modi for his “tall claims”. “We welcome anyone who brings in welfare measures and benefits for the state as well as for the people, but what is surprising is the tall claims made by the Prime Minister on the concrete houses and the piped water connections,” he said.

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“Since DMK came to power, all the beneficiaries have been fake. All the central government-sponsored schemes; beneficiaries are not the real ones... Money worth crores and crores have been swindled... I'm not sure why the BJP is turning a blind eye towards it,” he added.

What Modi said

Prime Minister Modi had on Tuesday said that the rights of poor pasmanda Muslims, women, and children will now be safe under the new Waqf law.

“Politics of appeasement is not new. Seeds of this appeasement were sown during independence… Two-nation theory wasn’t the decision of the common Muslim. Through the politics of appeasement, Congress got power, some fundamentalist leaders got wealth, but the question is what did the common Muslim get?” Modi said.

Amid speculation over AIADMK getting into an alliance with the BJP in Tamil Nadu, the party voted against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Rajya Sabha.