New Delhi, April 17 -- The Congress on Thursday welcomed interim relief given by the Supreme Court on the recently passed Waqf Act, saying the Act was not aimed at improving but "infiltrating" and "controlling" the institutions.
Addressing a press conference at the AICC office here, senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Imran Pratapgarhi said, "We are extremely grateful to the Supreme Court for having spent considerable time and passed an interim order which will of course be subject to further hearing".
Singhvi slammed the government's claims of reform, saying, "It is retaliation in the guise of the reform. It is retaliation meticulously scripted, strategically timed and constitutionally questionable".
The Waqf Amendment Ac...