Mamata tries to allay fears of over implementation of Waqf Modification Invoice

Going through criticism from a bit of Muslim leaders as her authorities goes forward with the digitization of Waqf properties in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) tried to guarantee the those who she won’t enable “anybody to the touch individuals’s property”.

“Some are attempting to incite division on the idea of faith. Waqf regulation (Waqf Modification Invoice) was launched by the BJP. Within the State Meeting, we introduced a proposal in opposition to it (the Invoice). We resisted it and filed a case within the Supreme Courtroom, which is ongoing,” the Chief Minister mentioned addressing a public assembly at State’s Malda district.

Ms. Banerjee added that so long as she is there, she won’t enable anybody to the touch minorities. “Whoever it could be, I can’t enable anybody to the touch spiritual locations. I don’t do communal politics,” Ms. Banerjee mentioned.

The Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remarks come days after a letter by West Bengal Minority Affairs Division directed all District Magistrates to add registered Waqf Properties on Information in Unified Waqf Administration, Empowerment. Effectivity & Growth (UMEED) Portal has surfaced in public area.

The Waqf (Modification) Invoice, 2025 handed by the Parliament in April 2025 and the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has mentioned that the regulation won’t be applied within the State.

A letter by PB Salim Secretary to the Authorities of West Bengal Minority Affairs & Madrasah Training Division to all District Magistrates on November 27 identified that each one the ‘Current Registered Waqf Properties’ are to be uploaded by the respective Mutawallis inside 6 months from the date of launch of the UMEED Central Portal and the mentioned six months interval will expire on fifth December, 2025.

Leaders from Muslim group together with West Bengal Minister and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Bengal president Siddiqullah Chowdhury have mentioned “Muslims won’t keep quiet if Waqf properties are taken away”.

Toha Siddique, a non secular trainer from Furfura Sharif has accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of indulging in double-speak in the case of the curiosity of Muslims. Leaders from AIMIM have additionally introduced a protest in Kolkata in opposition to the state authorities’s “determination to just accept the brand new regulation after resisting it for months”.

Muslims comprise 27.01 % State’s inhabitants and have been firmly behind the Trinamool Congress since 2011. Any break up within the Muslim assist base might pose issues for Trinamool Congress within the upcoming Meeting polls.