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With the Waqf Bill, the state brings a legal bulldozer to minority rights

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It sidesteps constitutional guarantees to sanction state intervention into the religious affairs of a community, barely concealing the intent to dispossess.

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With the Waqf Bill, the state brings a legal bulldozer to minority rights

It sidesteps constitutional guarantees to sanction state intervention into the religious affairs of a community, barely concealing the intent to dispossess.

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The Waqf (Amendment) Bill feels like a legal cover for bulldozers: Manoj Jha - tennews.in: National News Portal

New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) member Manoj Jha on Thursday strongly criticised the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 in the Rajya Sabha, questioning both its intent and timing. Participating in the debate on the legislation in the upper house, Jha said: “Every now and then, something is being ‘discovered’ under old mosques. […] The post The Waqf (Amendment) Bill feels like a legal cover for bulldozers: Manoj Jha appeared first on…

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‘BJP’s Only Agenda Is to Divide the Country’: Mamata Banerjee on Waqf Bill

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee strongly criticized the central government over the Waqf Amendment Bill, which was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference, she accused the BJP of trying to divide the country for political gains. “The jumla party’s only agenda is to divide the country. They believe in the policy of divide and rule, which we do not. First, learn to respect the Constitution before taking away…

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Debate on Waqf Bill: Gogoi lists sacrifices of Muslims, leaves BJP red faced

Parliament Debate on Waqf Bill: Gaurav Gogoi, Deputy Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, Wednesday April 02, 2025 listed the sacrifices made by the Muslim freedom fighters leaving the BJP red faced.

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Cong's Gogoi rips into BJP govt’s ‘4D assault’ on minorities, calls Waqf Bill a ‘bulldozing’ of rights

Gogoi accused the government of using the Bill to encroach upon Muslim properties, arguing that the BJP was targeting Waqf lands through legal amendments and citing restrictions on Eid prayers, which he claimed reflected the ruling party’s anti-minority stance.

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‘Govt seeks to dilute Constitution, defame, disenfranchise minorities, divide society,’ says Congress on Waqf Bill

Deputy Leader of the Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, slammed the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, accusing it of misleading the public about the true intentions of the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 and promoting a policy of “divide and rule.” He described the Bill as an assault on the Constitution’s fundamental rights and federal structure. The Assam MP also accused the Union government of trying to undermine the Constitution, s…

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