Waqf Amendment Bill JPC Chairman and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal on Monday expressed confidence in reaching a consensus on the committee's report, confirming that the report will be presented at the upcoming budget session.
Member of Waqf bill JPC and TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Saturday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should clarify his stand on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and tell whether he supports the bill or not.
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Arun Bharti on Saturday said that his party chief Chirag Paswan raised the concerns of the Muslim community regarding the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024. His reaction comes as the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Bill is meeting various stakeholders
The JPC Chairman also mentioned that so far, 34 meetings have been held in Delhi, and they have met with around 204 different delegations and stakeholders.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor visited Munambam in Kochi to express his solidarity with the ongoing hunger strike led by the Munambam Land Protection Council.
"The making of Sanatan Board is a vague issue and by doing aren't we playing in the hands of those who want to keep All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Waqf Board alive? Who will give the lands to Sanatan Board?" Saraswati said.
"Some extremist Muslims want to disrupt the environment. The Kumbh has been organized for centuries before Islam was founded. When Islam did not exist before Kumbh, how could have Waqf existed before Kumbh...?" Singh said speaking to ANI.
"This makes it clear that the Samajwadi Party and Congress are rattled by the fact that PM Narendra Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath and the BJP government of Uttar Pradesh are organising the biggest Maha Kumbh ever, which has the support of the saint community all over the world," Bhandari
Sadhvi Rithambara, founder of Param Shakti Peeth and Vatsalyagram criticised any claims made on the Maha Kumbh 2025 land on Sunday, saying that the place is a place to get 'Dharam' and 'punya' and said that all properties under the Waqf board should be transferred over to the government.
Replying to the claim, VHP's Bansal told ANI, "One is saying that conversions are taking place, while the other is claiming that it (Maha Kumbh) is being organised on Waqf Board land. This Kumbh has been organised since the time Islam did not exist. This exposes the Waqf Board."