Bilaspur/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lashed out at the Congress over the Waqf Act which he claimed to be the "biggest proof" of the primary opposition party's appeasement for fundamentalists.

Speaking in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, Modi said, "Congress has only pleased some fundamentalists. The rest of the society remained miserable, uneducated, and poor. The biggest proof of this evil policy of Congress is the Waqf Act."

"The Congress stabbed the dream that Baba Saheb Ambedkar had seen, the provision for social justice that he had made in the Constitution, and turned the provisions of that Constitution into a means of appeasement," he said.

The Prime Minister was speaking at the inauguration of Hisar Airport in Bilaspur.

Slamming the Congress-led Karnataka government for "religion-based reservation", Modi said the Congress' alleged appeasement politics has harmed the Muslim community instead of benefiting them.

"The Karnataka government took away the rights of SCs, STs, and OBCs, and gave reservations based on religion. But Babasaheb Ambedkar clearly stated, religion-based reservation will not be facilitated," he said and added, "Congress’ politics of appeasement has not helped the Muslim community, it has only harmed them. Congress chose to appease a few radicalist only."

Modi on Monday targeted the Congress for allegedly acting against the Father of the Constitution, BR Ambedkar.

"We should not forget what Congress did to Baba Saheb. Congress humiliated him while he was alive. They made him lose elections twice.

"Congress even tried to erase his memory. Congress also tried to destroy Baba Saheb's ideas forever. Dr. Ambedkar was the protector of the Constitution, but Congress has become the destroyer of the Constitution," he said.

Supreme Court to hear petitions against Waqf Act on April 16

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions filed against the Waqf Law, which has already come into force, on April 16.

However, the government has filed a caveat in the top court, which states that no orders should be passed without hearing its perspective.

So far, 15 petitions have been filed on the contentious bill, which was passed by the Parliament last week.

The bill has faced multiple reservations from the Opposition, and sections of the Muslim community have raised objections on several amendments.

Most of these reservations were raised during the marathon 12-plus hour debate on the bill in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and Thursday last week.