Tag: waqf

Former Shia Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi has converted to Hinduism after renouncing Islam. ....

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) has raised concerns over the potential international link to the massive influx of suggestions and feedback on the Bill. ....

Jagdambika Pal, the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, responded to the Opposition's concerns on Monday regarding the committee's meetings and the Bill’s progress and said that all complaints and amendments have been included.....

The Congress has termed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 an "assault" on the Constitution and alleged that the proposed legislation was "part of the BJP's strategy to damage the centuries-old bonds of social harmony".....

Amid the hue and cry over 'curtailing' of powers of the Waqf Board, particularly by Muslim outfits, the BJP-led NDA government is all set to introduce more than 40 amendments to the Act, by bringing two Bills in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament. ....

As the Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, prepares to present its report in the Lok Sabha on Monday, Opposition leaders have voiced strong dissent over the process. ....

As the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) intensified its protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Jagdambika Pal, Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), on Monday slammed the Muslim body for its warning of a "Shaheen Bagh-like protest," calling it an attempt to divide people.....

Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, in her first reaction to the passage of Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha, called it a brazen assault on the Constitution and urged the party lawmakers to be ‘aggressive and combative’ in calling out the failures of BJP-ruled NDA government.....

BJP National Spokesperson, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for his remarks comparing the BJP and RSS to a "joke" in front of the Congress, which had fought the British empire. ....

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill taking place across the country are understandable.....