Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) Chairman Jagdambika Pal on Thursday morning visited Karnataka amid the ongoing Waqf row and said that farmers in north Karnataka are claiming that the Waqf board was claiming land that belonged to them. The JPC has been formed to review the Waqf Amendme
Notably, the committee is to submit its report on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 to the House by the last day of the first week of the Winter Session of Parliament.
The Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Amendment Bill, Jagdambika Pal will meet protesting farmers in Bijapur and Hubballi in Karnataka on November 7.
"By taking this step, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has admitted that Waqf notices were wrongly issued on farmers' land... I am going to Karnataka on November 7 and will see how the state government can issue notices on such a large scale...." Pal told ANI.
A four-member delegation from the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) met Jagdambika Pal, the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) tasked with reviewing the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024.
According to Pal, the meeting was attended by the Gujarat Home Minister, Gujarat's Waqf board officers, chairman, minority commission officials and Islamic scholars.
The ongoing efforts by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) are part of a broader national initiative to reform the Waqf Act and ensure that waqf properties are used for the greater good of the community. The JPC is discussing key aspects of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, including digi
A meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 was held at the Parliament Library Building in the capital city of New Delhi.
After Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 was postponed today, JPC Chairman and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal said on Wednesday that today's meeting was postponed after some members' request. However, he highlighted that the upcoming meeting will be conducted as per