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"Radicals controlling waqf properties today; bill should be passed": Presi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
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.
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Kiren Rijiju calls on VP Dhankhar at Parliament House
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to "effectively address" issues related to the powers of the State Waqf Boards, registration and survey of waqf properties and removal of encroachments, was introduced in Lok Sabha.
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"Amendment necessary but appointment of non-Muslims against Shariat": Nati
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
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.
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Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami backs Waqf (Amendment) Bill to "curb land-gra
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami emphasized the importance of introducing the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, pointing out that the Waqf Board was involved in numerous land-grabbing cases and the bill aims to curb such activities.
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"Gave few suggestions...": Sufi Islamic Board on Waqf Amendment Bill
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
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.
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"We oppose Waqf Board Amendment Bill," says Congress MLA Arif Masood
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Congress MLA from Bhopal Arif Masood on Thursday opposed the Waqf Board Amendment Bill, 2024, saying that Waqf properties are private properties and do not belong to any individual.
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"Not in favour of Waqf Board but instead trying to finish it off": Owaisi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
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.
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"Opposition misleading Muslims; held multi-layered country-wide consultati
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Kiren Rijiju also mentioned that this bill being brought today is based on the report of the Sachar committee (which called for reform) that Congress made.
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Waqf Amendment Bill introduced in Lok Sabha, government agrees to send it
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to "effectively address" issues related to the powers of the State Waqf Boards, registration and survey of waqf properties and removal of encroachments, was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday
Haj Association of India welcomes Waqf (Amendment) Bill
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Haj Association of India welcomed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, moved in Lok Sabha on Thursday and called it a "big initiative" by the government of India.
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Union Minister Kiren Rijiju defends Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha, s
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Amid the opposition's all-out attack on the Centre after the Waqf (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday, Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju defended the bill in the House and said that there is no "interference in the freedom of any religious body".
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"Waqf Board Bahana Hai, Zameen Bechna Nishana Hai": SP chief Akhilesh Yada
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Lashing out at the BJP-led NDA government on the Waqf Amendment Bill, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that in the disguise of amendments, BJP is trying to sell the lands of Waqf Board and instead of 'Janata' in BJP, they should add 'Zameen' in it.
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