Kalyan Banerjee (politician)

"If the Section 40 is deleted, the Waqf Board will be a teethless doll... a doll only. If this section is deleted then there is no necessity to keep the Waqf Board itself. Do not keep it. Give the powers to the minister."

"Waqf is an institution for religious and charitable purposes. Muslims have the constitutional right to manage their own religious affairs because Waqf property belongs to Allah."

"Speaking at a public meeting on 30th of November, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee said, “When you offer Namaz, or whoever offers Namaz anywhere, then that will be treated as Waqf property,” he asserted. He further elaborated that if a group of 20, 15, or even five individuals regularly offered Namaz at a location, it would qualify as Waqf property."