On one hand, Samajwadi Party’s Rampur MP Mohibbullah Nadvi has intensified the political atmosphere by speaking about “jihad” inside Parliament. On the other hand, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched a major drive in the state to identify illegal infiltrators and Rohingyas, and as part of this effort, the government is preparing to build detention centres. Meanwhile, in the middle of all this, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has also started an intensive door-to-door campaign for the next two months, keeping the 2027 Assembly elections in mind and focusing strongly on its Hindutva agenda.
SP MP’s controversial remarks on the Waqf Bill: ‘We will have to fight again, we will have to do jihad’
Even before the earlier controversy over Muslim cleric Mahmood Madani’s remarks on jihad had fully settled, Samajwadi Party MP from Rampur, Mohibbullah Nadvi, once again triggered a fresh row by talking about “jihad” inside Parliament. While referring to statements made by Arshad Madani and Mahmood Madani, Nadvi said in the House that “now we will have to fight again in this country, we will have to do jihad.” He made this comment while speaking on the Waqf Amendment Bill.
Furthermore, he alleged that only 30% of Waqf properties have been uploaded on the online portal and that the server often remains down. As a result, according to him, the entire process is being disrupted. In addition, Nadvi claimed that it feels as if Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution have been taken away and that the lives of Muslims in this country are being made difficult. Therefore, he said, to stand against injustice and oppression, “we will have to fight again and we will have to do jihad.”
Drive to build detention centres for identifying illegal infiltrators begins
At the same time, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched a campaign to identify illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators and Rohingyas across the state, known as the “Identify the Infiltrators Drive.” Earlier, he had instructed all district magistrates to set up detention centres in every district.
Meanwhile, the campaign has been started together in seventeen urban local bodies, and as a result, the process of identifying illegal Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas is now underway. In Lucknow, for instance, verification began in the slum areas of Krishna Nagar, where the police started checking people’s documents. During this process, several shocking facts came out. For example, one person was found carrying three different cards with the same name, Aadhaar cards from both Assam and Lucknow, and in addition, he had PAN cards as well as Ayushman cards. As a result, officials said the scale of false documentation appears far wider than earlier believed.
