The IUWL leader stated in a memorandum to Deputy Secretary Goutam Kumar attached to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat that Muslim personal law was promulgated and maintained to allow Muslims to follow the teachings of the Quran.
A day after the Standing Committee report that asked the government to implement the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 in "letter and spirit" was tabled in Parliament, Congress MPs who are part of the panel have now attempted to disassociate themselves from it.