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"Against spirit of secularism": CPI (M) leader AA Rahim on passage of Waqf
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Communist Party of India (M) leader AA Rahim on Friday said that passing of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, is a "black day" of secular India, adding that the Bill is against the "spirit of secularism."
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"I have supported the bill...": BJD leader Sasmit Patra on Waqf (Amendment
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Sasmit Patra on Friday extended his support to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and said that he has supported the bill.
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Voting underway on Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The voting is underway for the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 in the Rajya Sabha as debate concluded on the Bill.
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"Welcomed by country...": BJP leader Jagdambika Pal on Waqf (Amendment) Bi
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagdambika Pal, on Thursday said that the Bill is being welcomed by the country.
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TDP advocates for Muslim welfare, flexibility for states to decide Waqf bo
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In his speech in Lok Sabha, Tenneti emphasised the TDP's constructive role since the bill's introduction, stating, "The TDP advocated for the establishment of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for deeper deliberations with all sections."
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"Everyone will benefit": Waqf Bill JPC Chairman Jagdambika Pal on passing
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee for the Waqf Bill, Jagdambika Pal, on Thursday expressed his satisfaction over the passage of the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, stating that the bill would benefit everyone.
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"Historic day...Waqf (Amendment) Bill will benefit poor": BJP leader Jagda
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagdambika Pal, attacked the Opposition for spreading "lie" over the Bill and said that it will benefit poor and Pasmanda (backward) Muslims.
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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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"Irony, rights of minorities going to be protected by a party which has no
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Meanwhile, introducing the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju questioned why Waqf properties haven't been used to develop the nation and Muslims. There is no Muslim MP to introduce the Bill...They are not able to produce as single member of Muslim com
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"It will disturb peace in the country", Gaurav Gogoi on Waqf Amendment Bil
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Gogoi said that the clause-on-clause discussion was not held in the Joint Parliamentary Committee and added that the law is against the constitution and minorities.
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"Pasmanda Muslims to benefit from bill," says Waqf Amendment Bill JPC Chai
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Labelling it as a "historic day", Pal said that the hard work of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), which took stakeholders in several states in confidence, has paid off. He added that JPC meetings were held and opposition was heard for eight hours every day.
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"Will oppose if something against particular community": Congress' Kiran K
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
He said the government has agreed to hold an eight-hour debate in Lok Sabha today amid the ongoing budget session. The issues, he added, raised by the opposition members must be considered and not "bulldozed" as it happened in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for the Waqf Amendment Bi
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