Ahead of the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024, Shiv Sena Leader and Panelist of the JPC Naresh Mhaske on Thursday stated that as part of the Waqf Amendment Bill, we want the poorest and the most backwards of the citizens to get justice.
Pal said that the government has a specific purpose for bringing this bill that the people who waqf their properties, it should help the backward Muslims and women.
In a significant political development, a conglomeration of Muslim communities involving Islamic scholars, clerics, intellectuals has asked "secular political parties" to clarify their exact stand vis-a-vis the Waqf (Amendment) Bill which has been referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committe
The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 will be held on August 22 in the Parliament House Annexe in the national capital
Jairam Ramesh's statement came days after US-based short seller Hindenburg Research alleged that market regulator SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch and her husband had stakes in obscure offshore funds used in the alleged Adani money siphoning scandal.
The allegations of the US Short seller Hindenburg against SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Buch and her husband have drawn sharp political reactions from the opposition parties with the opposition demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the issue.
Congress leader Chennithala backed the decision of the central government to refer Waqf Amendment Bill to the Joint Parliamentary Committee and emphasised that minorities rights should not be snatched away.
Congress leader Chennithala said, "The government did not discuss with anybody befor
A 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee including 21 Lok Sabha MPs and 10 Rajya Sabha MPs has been constituted to look into the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
Former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that the Waqf Amendment Bill will pave the way for "constitutional hierarchy over unconstitutional anarchy."
On the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to be constituted for the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Thursday said that the government's motives are malicious and suspicious.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had given "investment advice" to people during the campaign for the lok Sabha polls which resulted in losses of lakhs of crores to retail investors and demanded a Joint Parliamen
“You have convened a special five-day session of the Parliament beginning 18 September 2023. I must point out that this Special Session has been convened without any consultation with other political parties. None of us have any idea of its agenda.”