A meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, will be held on September 18, 19 and 20 at the Parliament House Annexe in the capital city of New Delhi, said an official statement from Lok Sabha secretariat.
The Muslim institutions and leaders, during the meeting in Ahmedabad, collectively said that the Waqf Amendment Bill should be opposed and withdrawn by all means, as it is a religious issue for the Muslim community.
The chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee Jagdambika Pal on Thursday said that they are aiming to bring such a bill that benefits the poor, children, women, and minorities.
Ahead of the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024, Shiv Sena leader Naresh Mhakse said that one should put forward their view peacefully and by not creating a ruckus on this matter.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi criticised the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and called for a nationwide protest on Monday in a protest gathering at Telangana.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority Front has constituted a seven-member team to engage with the Muslim community regarding the Waqf Board Amendment Act 2024 and to gather their suggestions.
The second meeting of the Joint Committee of Parliament headed by MP Jagadambika Pal on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was held on Friday at the Parliament House Annexe.
Pal, the Waqf Amendment Bill JPC Chairman ahead of today's meeting told reporters, "We had said in the first meeting also that if the government has referred the Waqf amendment 2024 to the JPC, then we will call as many Waqf boards of the country as possible, we will also call those who are
Congress had on August 22, led by Rai staged a protest outside Raj Bhawan in Lucknow for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Hindenburg Report on Adani group and Madhabi Puri Buch.
Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has emphasized the importance of including Hindu stakeholders in the discussions by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) formed to review the Waqf Bill.
The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, witnessed a heated exchange between BJP and opposition members over the provisions of the proposed legislation, sources said The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the