Sanjay Singh also claimed that after waqf, lands belonging to Gurudwaras, churches, and temples will also be taken and handed over to the friends of the Centre.
Pal said that the government has a specific purpose for bringing this bill that the people who waqf their properties, it should help the backward Muslims and women.
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.
In a significant political development, a conglomeration of Muslim communities involving Islamic scholars, clerics, intellectuals has asked "secular political parties" to clarify their exact stand vis-a-vis the Waqf (Amendment) Bill which has been referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committe
The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 will be held on August 22 in the Parliament House Annexe in the national capital
Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske slammed Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray on his opposition to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, stating that he "is indebted to Muslims for their overwhelming support."
Several Imams of Delhi Waqf alleged non-payment of salary even after the central government allocated grants in this regard and demanded an investigation pointing out discrepancies.
Ahead of the 78th Independence Day, Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj Danish Azad Ansari joined the Tiranga Yatra as part of 'Har Ghar Tiranga', in Lucknow on Wednesday.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju accused opposition parties of defaming the country and said that a campaign was being run to project that minorities were not safe in India.
Jamal Siddiqui, the national chief of the BJP Minority Morcha, has voiced strong support for the Waqf Board Amendment Bill recently introduced in Parliament.
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.