Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party's Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, accusing it of damaging social harmony and demonizing minority communities. Ramesh highlighted the bill's flaws, including the deprivation of community rights to administer their religious traditions and the weakening of waqf administration. The bill also grants broad powers to state government officers over waqf property disputes.