Earlier, AIMIM Chief and Hyderabad MP, Asaduddin Owaisi said on Tuesday that there are a lot of dangerous sections and it is not legislation but something to bulldoze Waqf and finish Muslims.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to "effectively address" issues related to the powers of the State Waqf Boards, registration and survey of waqf properties and removal of encroachments, was introduced in Lok Sabha.
Earlier, Congress MLA from Bhopal Arif Masood opposed the Waqf Board Amendment Bill, 2024, saying that Waqf properties are private properties and do not belong to any individual.
The Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has approved the amendment in Haryana Registration and Regulations of Societies Rules, 2012 by extending the time limit for existing societies to obtain new registration numbers by the existing societies
Former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that the Waqf Amendment Bill will pave the way for "constitutional hierarchy over unconstitutional anarchy."
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami emphasized the importance of introducing the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, pointing out that the Waqf Board was involved in numerous land-grabbing cases and the bill aims to curb such activities.
Amid the opposition outrage in the Parliament on Thursday after the Waqf (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha, Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde defended the bill in the House and said that it will bring about transparency and accountability.
Reacting to the Waqf Amendment Bill, which was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday, the National President of the Sufi Islamic Board, Mansoor Khan said that, given the misuse of the Waqf Board over the past 70 years, the Sufi Islamic Board had submitted suggestions to address these issues.
Congress MLA from Bhopal Arif Masood on Thursday opposed the Waqf Board Amendment Bill, 2024, saying that Waqf properties are private properties and do not belong to any individual.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Waqf Act provides for the renaming of the Waqf Act, 1995, as the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995.