These consultations aim to refine the proposed amendments to the Waqf Act, which governs the management of over 600,000 registered waqf properties across the country.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which addresses the management, preservation, and misuse of Waqf properties, will be passed in Parliament in the coming days.
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.
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.
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.
The government introduced the bill in the budget session of Parliament which concluded earlier this month and it was decided to send the legislation to JPC for further scrutiny.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Waqf Act provides for the renaming of the Waqf Act, 1995, as the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995.
Earlier, AIMIM Chief and Hyderabad MP, Asaduddin Owaisi said on Tuesday that there are a lot of dangerous sections and it is not legislation but something to bulldoze Waqf and finish Muslims.
Earlier, Congress MLA from Bhopal Arif Masood opposed the Waqf Board Amendment Bill, 2024, saying that Waqf properties are private properties and do not belong to any individual.
Reacting to the Waqf Amendment Bill, which was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday, the National President of the Sufi Islamic Board, Mansoor Khan said that, given the misuse of the Waqf Board over the past 70 years, the Sufi Islamic Board had submitted suggestions to address these issues.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Waqf Act provides for the renaming of the Waqf Act, 1995, as the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995.