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"Waqf Bill a direct attack on Constitution": Congress' Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Waqf (Amendment) Bill is a direct attack on the constitution and against its foundation, it has been bulldozed through the JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee), we are opposed to it. If they implement it, we will we will oppose it democratically," Jairam Ramesh told ANI.
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Waqf Bill will not solve Kerala's Munambam land issue: IUML MP Haris Beera
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Indian Union Muslim League's Rajya Sabha MP Haris Beeran on Monday accused BJP of unleashing "propaganda" that if the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, becomes law, Kerala's Munambam land issue will be resolved. His reaction came after the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC) extended support t
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All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council backs reform to Waqf Board; Chairman
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"I believe that the existing Waqf Act needs to be changed and Muslims need not be afraid of it. When the government itself is saying in Parliament that his not against the community, and masjids, dargahs will not be seized then we should believe the official statements only,"AISSC Chairman t
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Samajwadi Party against Waqf Amendment Bill like most parties: Akhilesh Ya
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Most of the parties of the nation are against this bill. The political parties will oppose it. Samajwadi Party is also against this bill. We will oppose this in the Parliament. The big decisions taken by the BJP have failed to benefit the public. They finished reservations for Anglo-Indi
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BJP's Alphons KJ calls Waqf Amendment Bill "rational"; Brindra Karat stand
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Kerala Bishops' Council, which is a congregation of all the Bishops of Kerala, have made a request to all the MPs from Kerala to support the Waqf Amendment Bill. Why? Because it's a very rational bill. If you look at the history of how the Waqf Act was implemented in India, we see that it w
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"First, let the amended law come": JPC Chairman Jagdambika Pal over 'black
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Speaking to ANI, the JPC Chairman said, "While many Muslim clerics are supporting this bill, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board is objecting to it. On the day of 'Alvida Namaz', they asked people to wear black armbands in protest against this bill, and even today, on Eid, they have appe
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"Our demand to government is to implement Article 15(5)": Congress MP Jair
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
He said, "In the first phase, we did it in government educational institutions, Delhi University, IITs, IIMs. In January 2014, the Supreme Court unanimously said that the amendment made in the Constitution, Article 15(5), is not against the basic structure of our Constitution...Then election
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"Good initiative": All India Sufi Sajjadanshin Council on 'Saugat-e-Modi'
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Speaking on the Saugat-e-Modi kits, he said, "This is a good initiative. We also try to reach out the people who are financially poor and help them to celebrate the festival. PM Modi has done the same as a Prime Minister of India. PM Modi has ensured that 'Saugat-e-Modi' reaches 22 lakh peop
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"Powerful people encroached upon Waqf properties": Kiren Rijiju slams oppo
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Who are those who are opposing this bill? There are a few powerful people who have encroached upon the Waqf properties. They are misguiding people. They are saying the bill is unconstitutional. It's everyone's right to criticise things, but criticism must have some substance in it," Riji
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"Help people rather than play appeasement politics": Kerala BJP chief Raje
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Kerala Catholic Bishop's Council and many other Christian organisations are asking the MPs from Kerala to take a stand on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and vote in favour of it. Because in Kerala, in a place called Munambam near Cochin, hundreds of poor families are having the threat of thei
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Kiren Rijiju, Nirmala Sitharaman welcome Kerala Bishop's support to amend
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"This act is not against any community - that is propaganda being spread to poison minds of some," Rijiju posted on X, adding, "I welcome the request by Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC) to all MPs of Kerala to support the Waqf Amendment Bill as a Minister and as a minority community m
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Kerala Catholic Bishops Council urges MPs to support Waqf Bill
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The statement issued by Fr. Thomas Tharayil of the KCBC secretariat said that provisions in the Waqf law, which legitimise the "illegal claims" in such a way that people in Munambam are unable to exercise their revenue claims on the land, need to be amended.
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