Will resign if JPC report proves unconstitutional: Jagdambika Pal

BJP MP and Waqf JPC chairman Jagdambika Pal has claimed that Waqf Board is not a religious body. "It has been clarified that it is a statutory body and not a religious body... The retrospective effect has ended, the amendment is prospective," he said and added that The oppose is a political one and misguiding the country. Jagdambika Pal challenged that if our report is unconstitutional or interferes with religious freedom as claimed, he will resign.Jagdambika Pal defended the amendment, stating that the Waqf Board is a statutory and administrative entity, not a religious one, and thus, there is no constitutional bar on including members from other communities. Even the top court itself had said that the Waqf Board is not a religious body but a legal one, he pointed out.

#WATCH | Lucknow | On Waqf Amendment Act 2025, BJP MP and Waqf JPC chairman Jagdambika Pal says, "...If our report is unconstitutional or interferes with religious freedom as claimed, I will resign..." pic.twitter.com/gnuba77pDT

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He said that the bill was passed in the Parliamnet and was signed by the President. Now, the Waqf Act is the law of the land..