Eid-ul-Fitr, a festival marking the end of the holy month of Ramzan, is being celebrated with great enthusiasm across the country. However, the celebrations were accompanied by some protests and heightened security measures in various places over the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025.

The issue of the Waqf Bill took center in parts of the country on Monday, with people, donning  ‘black armbands’ to protest . In Karnataka, sports and youth empowerment minister Rahim Khan, offered special prayers sporting black armbands to express their protest against the Centre’s move. Believers sported symbols of protest during the prayers held in Bidar, Mandya and Belagavi.