JPC clears Waqf bill with 14 amendments; rules not followed, claims oppn | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Monday cleared the proposed Waqf amendment bill tabled in the Parliament in August last year.One of the more significant amendments proposed by the committee is that the existing Waqf properties cannot be questioned on the grounds of ‘Waqf by user’, which existed in the current law but will…

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Congress trying to convert farmers’ lands to waqf asset: BJP | India News – Times of India

Accusing Congress of seeking to convert the lands of farmers and temples into Waqf properties due to its vote-bank politics, BJP on Friday asserted that it would oppose such attempts “tooth and nail.” Senior BJP leader and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad cited notices served on farmers in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district for allegedly encroaching…

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