Joint platform for movement against Waqf bill withdraw all agitational programme, token protest after Friday prayer in mosques across the subdivision

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, April 17, 2025

The Joint Platform for Movement against Waqf Amendment (JPMWA) has withdrawn all forms of agitation with immediate effect in Kailasahar subdivision of Unakoti district. Making this announcement to media persons the chairman of the movement committee and senior Congress leader Md Badruzzoman said that all agitational programmes on this issue have been suspended. Only a token and peaceful protest will be organised tomorrow in all mosques where persons who will come to offer prayers or ‘Namaj’ will form a human chain.

Badruzzoman said that on April 12 when ptotesters had gathered in the town there was a clash between protesters and police and eight protesters had been arrested and a number of policemen had also sustained injuries. This was followed by the visit to Kailasahar of DG Anurag Dhankar and IG H.I.Monchak who held meetings in the Kailasahar and Irani police stations as also in the chamber of SP (Unakoti) Sudhambika and normalcy was restored . Badruzzoman said that the police force, particularly the OC Irani police station Arunoday Das, OC Kailasahar Sukanta Sen Chowdhury and SP (Uankoti) Sudhanbika had shown exemplary patience and understanding of the situation. “I sincerely appreciated their patience and pro-people attitude and pray to the Almighty for the quick recovery and long life of the injured police personnel” said Badruzzoman.

He said that he always has a very cordial relation with police authority and that will be maintained all through. “For the time being we have no plan of agitation as the matter is already sub judice in the supreme court ; if we decided on agitation again we will share the information and details with the media before we take to the streets” said Badruzzoman. His gesture has also been appreciated by the people of Kailasahar who said that the wise decision taken by the JPMWA will keep cordial inter-community relations in Kailasahar subdivision intact.

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