US EditionWaqf Amendment Bill to be presented in Parliament tomorrow at noon, govt allows 8 hour discussion
- The Waqf Bill will be presented in the Lok Sabha on April 2, followed by an eight-hour discussion as announced by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju.
- Opposition members want 12 hours for the discussion, but an agreement for eight hours has been reached, according to Rijiju.
- The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council and other Catholic bodies support the Bill and urge Parliamentarians to back it, highlighting its importance for regulating Waqf properties.
- Critics fear that the Bill's retrospective provisions could disrupt existing Waqf properties, as pointed out by JD MP Sanjay Jha.
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The Waqf Amendment Bill - which proposes several changes to laws governing central and state boards, which decide how Muslim charitable properties are administered - will be tabled in the Lok Sabha Wednesday, Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said this afternoon. The current Parliament session - i.e., the second half of the Budget session - ends Friday and Mr Rijiju, who is also the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, said he wanted to al…
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