Namazwadi, not Samajwadi: BJP hits out at Tejashwi over anti-Waqf protest

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jun 30, 2025 11:23 IST

The BJP on Monday lashed out at Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, for his controversial remarks on the Waqf Amendment Act in Patna on Sunday, saying that his party was more interested in promoting "namazwad" than "samajwad" (socialism).

"These parties like RJD, Samajwadi Party, etc, who are wearing the garb of socialism, are not standing up for the rights of the poor and oppressed Muslims. Therefore, the socialism of RJD and SP cannot be called socialism at all. If it is called 'Namazvad', then it will not be an exaggeration," BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said, addressing a press conference in Delhi today.

Trivedi was responding to the RJD leader's remarks on throwing the newly-passed Waqf Act "into the dustbin."

"BJP and the NDA alliance are determined that if anyone wants to throw Baba Saheb Ambedkar's constitution, any of its provisions, into the dustbin, we will not let that happen," he said.

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