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Lok Sabha passes Waqf Amendment Bill after marathon, heated debate
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Lok Sabha passed the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 on Thursday after a marathon and heated debate during which members of INDIA bloc fiercely opposed the legislation while BJP and its allies in strongly supported it, saying it will bring transparency and enhance the efficiency of Waqf boar
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"Had the Waqf law not been amended in 2013, there would have been no need
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the Congrss of appeasement, stating that the party in 2013 ahead of the 2014 general elections, drastically altered the Waqf law.
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"Unconstitutional act...": JPC chief Jagadambika Pal slams Asasuddin Owais
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Joint Parliamentary Committee Chairman on Waqf Amendment Bill and BJP MP Jagadambika Pal on Wednesday slammed AIMIM chief Asasuddin Owaisi for tearing the Bill copy and called the latter's act "unconstitutional".
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Voting underway on Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The voting is underway for the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 in the Lok Sabha as debates conclude on the Bill.
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"Waqf (Amendment) Bill is weapon aimed at marginalising Muslims": Rahul Ga
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday opposed the "Waqf (Amendment) Bill and said that it is a "weapon" aimed at marginalising Muslims and usurping their personal laws and property rights.
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"They are just not prepared to accept truth..." Rijiju slams opposition pa
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Slamming the opposition parties for terming Waqf Amendment Bill as "unconstitutional", Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said the law relating to Waqf property has been in existence for decades and has not been struck down by courts and such words should not be used ligh
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"Unconstitutional...": AIMIM chief Asasuddin Owaisi tears copy of Waqf Ame
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asasuddin Owaisi on Wednesday attacked the BJP-led Central government over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and unstapled and tore the copy of the bill as a mark to oppose the amendment.
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Waqf Bill: Police conduct flag march, high alert in UP
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
With the Waqf (Amendment) Bill being presented in the Lok Sabha, security has been heightened across Uttar Pradesh to maintain law and order.
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Opposition doing appeasement, sees Muslims as vote bank: Jagdambika Pal on
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
BJP MP Jagdambika Pal on Wednesday hit out at the Opposition over the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024, accusing them of indulging in "appeasement politics."
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"Blatantly unconstitutional, undermines right to freedom of religion": Kha
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday alleged that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill undermines the right to freedom of Religion and is unconstitutional.
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"Section 40 enabled Waqf Board to usurp any land that it wished": BJP MP T
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Amendment Bill aims to overcome the shortcomings of the previous Act and enhance the efficiency of Waqf boards by introducing changes such as renaming the Act, updating the definitions of waqf, improving the registration process, and increasing the role of technology in managing waqf rec
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"Clause-by-clause discussions not held in JPC": MP Arvind Sawant on Waqf B
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant, who was the member of the Joint Parliament Committee (JPC), on Wednesday, stated that clause-by-clause discussions were not held in the committee regarding the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.
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