A lot of discussion is ongoing in Maharashtra's political circles about why NCP founder Sharad Pawar and his party have been relatively silent on their response over the debate related to the Waqf Bill and have not been seen vocally opposing the BJP on the subject inside the Parliament or outside it.

The only exception was NCP Sharad Pawar party's Rajya Sabha MP Fouzia Khan speaking on the subject in the upper house of the Parliament, but generally Sharad Pawar's party chose to remain silent on the subject even in the media. He was absent in the upper house on the day the discussion on the Waqf issue happened there, announcing that he stayed away due to health issues.

Pawar's alliance partner, Uddhav Thackeray, looked like he, too, was unsure till the last moment about what response he wanted to offer to the Waqf Bill proposed by the BJP, and in social media, the BJP took full advantage of this, claiming that Uddhav's party wanted to back the view of the minority community leaders on the subject.

Uddhav held a press conference in Mumbai to clarify that he had suspicions about the way the changes in the Waqf law would be used by certain vested interest groups, who, in his view, could take over land in various parts of the country aided by the amended law. All this gives rise to the question, "Are the two out of three constituents of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) confused about........

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