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"Waqf Amendment bill is in national interest; in interest of Muslims": Uni
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday showed support to the appeal of the Catholics Bishop Conference of India (CBCI) to political parties to support the Waqf Amendment Bill and stated that the bill was in the national interest and in the interest of Muslims.
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"It's voice of the voiceless" BJP's Pradeep Bhandari on Waqf Amendment Bil
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Tuesday stressed the necessity of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, calling it a "voice of the voiceless."
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Catholic Bishops body calls for Amendments to Waqf Act over land dispute i
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The release stated that it in Kerala, the Waqf Board had invoked provisions to declare the ancestral residential properties of more than 600 families in the Munambam region.
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"Waqf Amendment is a huge reform" Karnataka Dy LoP Arvind Bellad
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
After the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) supported the Waqf Amendment Bill proposed by the centre, Karnataka Deputy Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Arvind Bellad affirmed that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill is a huge reform to the Waqf bill which has "created a huge ha
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"KCBC supports Waqf Amendment Bill as Christian fishermen in Munambam face
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson KVS Haridas on Monday said that the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC) has come out in support of the Waqf Amendment Bill, after seeing the plight of Christian fishermen in Munambam in Ernakulam district, who are facing eviction after the State
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"False things being spread by some people are very harmful for our society
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
With the government slated to table the revised Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament this week, Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju has hit out at leaders seeking to "misguide" people and said Waqf law has been existence for decades.
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Waqf Bill will not solve Kerala's Munambam land issue: IUML MP Haris Beera
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks 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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"Help people rather than play appeasement politics": Kerala BJP chief Raje
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks 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 : 11 months, 2 weeks 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 : 11 months, 2 weeks 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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Kerala BJP President welcomes KCBC's stance in support of Waqf Bill
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday welcomed the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council's appeal to "people's representatives" to vote in favour of the Waqf Amendment Bill, when it comes up for discussions in Parliament.
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"Every Kerala MP must support Waqf Amendment Bill": Kerala BJP President R
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar welcomed the Kerala Catholic Bishop Council's appeal for MPs to support the Waqf Amendment Bill. He said the bill addressed land concerns in Munambam and called on all Kerala MPs to back the amendment.
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