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No Waqf Bill in Winter session, joint committee to seek term extension to
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The bill to amend the Waqf Act is unlikely to be taken up in the winter session of Parliament, with the joint committee set up to examine it set to seek an extension to present its report
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"If opposition think we need to hear more people, way shouldn't be boycott
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Further, the JPC chairman said that he will move a resolution in the House tomorrow for the extension of the tenure of the Committee.
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Opposition MPs walk out of JPC on Waqf, cite unheard stakeholders and rush
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Earlier on November 21, JPC chairman Jagdambika Pal said that their report is ready and they would hold clause-by-clause discussions on it.
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"Unconstitutional": RJD's Tejashwi Yadav criticises Waqf Amendment Bill
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing legislative assembly session in Bihar, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill being introduced by the central government was "completely unconstitutional." He further accused
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Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf bill to meet today
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The opposition members in the Joint Parliament Committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 had requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for an extension to the panel's tenure.
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Congress, Communist parties playing double game on Waqf bill: BJP leader V
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader V Muraleedharan on Monday criticised the opposition parties over the Waqf Amendment Bill, accusing the Congress and the Communist parties of playing a "double game" on the issue.
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"This bill is 'grave violation' of Article 26 of Constitution": Asaduddin
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"This law hasn't been made and see what has happened in Sambhal... This bill violates Article 26. This is grave violation of article 26 of the constitution. This bill gives immense power to collector that he can decide that a property will be Waqf property or not. Additionally, on what basis
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Waqf Board JPC: Opposition MPs meet Speaker Birla, raise objections
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
After the members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Monday informed that they raised objections over issues related to the JPC report. The report can only be prepared after liste
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"No option for Muslim community, but to fight back": Congress' Naseer Ahme
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Naseer Ahmed, Karnataka Chief Minister's political secretary, stated that the All India Muslim Personal Law Board along with scholars and leaders from the Muslim community would oppose the amendment to the Waqf Bill, which the central government was trying to introduce in the winter session
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"Anti-democratic, anti-constitutional": AIMPLB on Waqf Bill
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has strongly criticised the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, calling it "anti-democratic" and "anti-constitutional."
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Kerala: People protest against Waqf Act in Kochi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
As the Waqf (Amendment) Bill is on the agenda of the government among sixteen bills for the winter session of Parliament beginning on Monday, residents of Kochi have raised their concerns through a protest against the Act.
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"Waqf Amendment Bill totally farce, will be injustice to community if pass
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"Today's meeting consists of Islamic scholars from all over the country...they lead this community and make decisions... want the message to go to the Centre that the Waqf Amendment Bill is totally a farce and it is going to be an injustice to the community. The All India Muslim Personal Law
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