New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): BJP MP Jagdambika Pal on Wednesday said that the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is continuously provoking people over the Waqf Amendment Act.

He said the law has been passed in parliament, and a plea has been submitted to the Supreme Court, so why are the protests happening?

Pal said the opposition does not want the backward class and women to get a place in the Waqf board and also benefit from the Act. The BJP MP asserted that the act has been brought for the benefit of the Muslim community. The Waqf board's income has not been used to build schools and colleges, and it even cannot pay salaries to its employees.

'AIMPLB is continuously provoking people. The law has passed, and the application has been submitted to the Supreme Court, so why are the protests taking place?... They clearly don't want the backward classes, poor and women, to get a place in the Waqf Board or its benefits... The government has brought this Bill for the benefit of Muslims... The income of Waqf hasn't been used to build schools and colleges; it even cannot pay salaries to its employees...', Jagdambika Pal told ANI.

He further criticised the West Bengal government over the Murshidabad violence and 'Mamata Banerjee is not able to see the torment of the Hindus forced to flee from Murshidabad and is meeting with the Imams.'

The BIP leader said that the riots have spread to other areas of South 24 Parganas and the state government is silent on it.

'Mamata Banerjee is not able to see the torment of the Hindus forced to flee from Murshidabad and is meeting with the Imams... The riots have now spread to 24 Paraganas and other areas and the state governemnt is silent, which means the rioters have the protection of the government and it is a state-sponsored riot', he said.

There have been constant protests going on all across the country over the Waqf Amendment Act, which resulted in violence in West Bengal. The Central Forces have been deployed currently in the violence-hit areas after the order of the Calcutta High Court. (ANI)