In response to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) on Sunday, March 23, announced it would boycott iftar, Eid Milan, and other events hosted by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu, and Union minister for food processing industries Chirag Paswan.
Nitish Kumar, Chandrababu Naidu and Chirag Paswan parties are alliance partners of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre. The Union government has been strongly advocating the amendment of the Bill which, if passed into law, could allow encroachment or seizure of Muslim properties under the Waqf Board.