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Voting underway on Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The voting is underway for the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 in the Lok Sabha as debates conclude on the Bill.
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"Waqf (Amendment) Bill is weapon aimed at marginalising Muslims": Rahul Ga
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday opposed the "Waqf (Amendment) Bill and said that it is a "weapon" aimed at marginalising Muslims and usurping their personal laws and property rights.
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"They are just not prepared to accept truth..." Rijiju slams opposition pa
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Slamming the opposition parties for terming Waqf Amendment Bill as "unconstitutional", Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said the law relating to Waqf property has been in existence for decades and has not been struck down by courts and such words should not be used ligh
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Waqf Bill: Police conduct flag march, high alert in UP
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
With the Waqf (Amendment) Bill being presented in the Lok Sabha, security has been heightened across Uttar Pradesh to maintain law and order.
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"Section 40 enabled Waqf Board to usurp any land that it wished": BJP MP T
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Amendment Bill aims to overcome the shortcomings of the previous Act and enhance the efficiency of Waqf boards by introducing changes such as renaming the Act, updating the definitions of waqf, improving the registration process, and increasing the role of technology in managing waqf rec
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"No provision to include non-Muslim among those who manage religious insti
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday assured that non-Muslims will only be included in the Council and Waqf Board, which will solely look after the administration of property donated under the Waqf Law.
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Waqf Amendment Bill will not be implemented retrospectively, misconception
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday rejected opposition members' criticism that the government wants to interfere in the religious conduct of Muslims through the Waqf Amendment Bill and said the provisions in the legislation aim at better management of Waqf properties.
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Waqf Amendment Bill will ensure transparency, opposition creating false na
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Expressing support for the Waqf Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Panchayati Raj and JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh said on Wednesday that the legislation is aimed at bringing transparency and ensuring the welfare of all s
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Centre brought Waqf Bill eying Bihar, West Bengal Assembly polls: AAP MP S
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh has slammed the Centre over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, calling the bill "illegitimate". He alleged that the BJP-led government brought the bill, intending to reap electoral benefits in the coming Assembly elections in Bihar and West Bengal.
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"Irony, rights of minorities going to be protected by a party which has no
Updated : 1 year, 2 months 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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Gaurav Gogoi slams BJP-led government over Waqf Amendment Bill, says it i
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Gogoi rejected Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's allegations against the Congress and said he should authenticate them.
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BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad criticises Opposition over 'selective quoting'
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
He urged the opposition to quote the law in its entirety, emphasising that the Constitution itself supports the government's actions to protect Waqf properties and uplift marginalised communities, including backward Muslims.
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