Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: All eyes are on Parliament showdown as Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju is set to table the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi will open the argument on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, from the side of the opposition after Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju tables the bill in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: Kiren Rijiju tables Waqf Bill in Lok Sabha
Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: Union minister Kiren Rijiju has tabled the controversial Waqf Bill in Lok Sabha
Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: Amit Shah speaks on controversial bill
Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is speaking in the Lok Sabha on controversial bill.
Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: What is Waqf Amendment Bill?
Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: The Waqf Amendment Bill aims to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, seeks to improve the administration and management of waqf properties in India.
It aims to overcome the shortcomings of the previous act and enhance the efficiency of Waqf boards by introducing changes such as renaming the Act, updating the definitions of waqf, improving the registration process, and increasing the role of technology in managing waqf records .
The Waqf Amendment Bill was earlier presented in the Lok Sabha in August 2024, following which a Joint Parliamentary Committee was formed under the leadership of Jagdambika Pal for further consideration.
Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: AIMPLB warns of nationwide movement against bill if passed in Parliament
Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: On Waqf Amendment Bill, AIMPLB spokesperson Dr. Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas said,”…If this bill is passed in the Parliament, then we will start a nationwide movement against it. We won’t sit quietly. We will make use of all legal and constitutional provisions available to us. We will run a peaceful agitation until the proposed amendments are taken back…”
Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: BJP leader Tarun Chugh targets Congress, Oppn – ‘Treated Waqf board as their vote bank’
Waqf Amendment Bill LIVE: BJP leader Tarun Chugh said, “The nation has understood that these are the same people (Congress and opposition) who treated the Waqf board as their vote bank through appeasement politics…”
