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"Properties only used by influential people": BJP MP Eatala Rajendar welco
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Waqf properties have been disputed here in Hyderabad for many years. Waqf properties are used by influential people and do not benefit poor." There is a constituency having four Muslim villages, 40-50 years ago, in the Boduppal area (in Hyderabad), the real estate land which was for busines
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AIMPLB to launch nationwide protests over Waqf Amendment Bill 2025
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The AIMPLB will begin nationwide protests and legal action against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025, passed by both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The Board claims the Bill is harmful to Waqf properties and will create division in the country.
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"Such bills are no less than trade or business": UBT MP Sanjay Raut on Waq
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday strongly criticised the Waqf Amendment Bill passed by the Parliament, calling it a move akin to trade or business rather than a genuine effort to protect Muslim interests.
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"Brought to address mismanagement of Waqf properties": JD(U) Sanjay Jha ba
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In a sharp response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's criticism of the Waqf Bill, Jha said, "Let them (Mamata Banerjee) save their Bengal. The Waqf Bill was brought to address the mismanagement of Waqf properties."
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"Why Muslims continue to be poor?" Indian Sufi Foundation Chief questions
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"PM Modi said that this bill is for welfare. In Parliament, it was mentioned that Waqf owns properties worth crores. If this is true, then why are Muslims still poor? Why didn't the Waqf boards and 'Waqf mafias' utilise these resources to build schools, hospitals, and houses for underpriv
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"Big Reform": Jagdambika Pal after Parliament passes Waqf Amendment Bill
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"It is a big reform... The properties that are donated to Waqf are for the poor Muslims, widows, and children. However, the Waqf board has failed to open any university, hospital or college in the entire country, and none of the poor have benefitted from it but only a few people in positi
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"Changes are needed": Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Waqf Bill
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The government introduced the revised bill after incorporating the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, which examined the legislation introduced in August last year. The bill seeks to amend the Act of 1995 and improve the administration and management of waqf properties in
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"If his allegations are proven, I will resign": Kharge slams Anurag Thakur
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Earlier on Wednesday, BJP MP Anurag Thakur accused the Congress President Kharge among others of "land grabbing" Waqf properties.
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Waqf Bill to benefit poor Muslims: UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday said that Waqf (Amendment) Bill will benefit the poor from the Muslim community, alleging that some "mafia-type" people were taking advantage of waqf properties.
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Kiren Rijiju moves motion for consideration of Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Ra
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
While addressing the upper house, Rijiju cited the Sachar committee report, which recommended that the central Waqf council and state Waqf board be broadened to make them inclusive. He apprised about the number of Waqf properties, saying that the Sachar committee estimated the earnings fr
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Centre brought Waqf Bill to 'capture' properties: IUML
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Indian Union Muslim League on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, alleging that the bill was brought to "capture" many Waqf properties.
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Waqf Amendment Bill will not be implemented retrospectively, misconception
Updated : 1 year, 1 month 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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