New Delhi, April 19 -- Noting that the Waqf (Amendment) Act aims to bring transparency to the Waqf Board's operations, Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday appealed to the Muslim Community against the alleged "poison" and "propaganda" that is being "filled in their heads" by parties led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Congress.

"I am appealing to my brothers and sisters of the Muslim community not be be led astray by the poison, by the propaganda that is being filled in their heads by parties like Mamata Banerjee, Congress party. This Bill is pro-poor Muslim. This Bill is as much about pro-Muslim community, the women in the Muslim community as it is about anything else as it is ...