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Waqf Bill Controversy: Censored Dissent Notes Ignite Parliamentary Clash

February 14, 2025 Editor

Censored dissent notes in Waqf Bill create parliamentary storm; The corrigendum to Appendix 5 of the report was tabled in the post-lunch sitting in the Rajya Sabha by Kulkarni. She had tabled the report in the House in the morning New Delhi, Feb 13: Amid uproar over the alleged redaction of certain portions of the dissent notes in the joint parliamentary committee report on the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, BJP MP Medha Vishram Kulkarni tabled a corrigendum in the Upper House on Thursday afternoon. The corrigendum to Appendix 5 of the…

Mehbooba Mufti Appeals to Andhra, Bihar CMs to Halt Waqf Amendment Bill

February 1, 2025 Editor

Former J&K chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti caims that the Waqf Amendment Bill is against religious and constitutional rights of Muslims Claiming that the Waqf Amendment Bill is against religious and constitutional rights of Muslims, former J&K chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday wrote to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, urging them to halt the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament. The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), after clearing the Waqf bill, had recently presented it before Parliament.…

Delhi Meeting: Ruhullah Mehdi and Mirwaiz Address Post-2019 Kashmir Issues

January 31, 2025 Editor

The two discussed about a joint effort for the rejection of Waqf Amendment Bill inside and outside Parliament -legislatively and politically – by meeting important political players National Conference (NC) Member of Parliament Ruhullah Mehdi and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq held a surprise meeting in New Delhi and discussed the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill, religious freedom of Muslims in the country, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir post 2019 and the plight of youth of Kashmir who are in jails. The two discussed about a joint effort for the…

Waqf Bill JPC Meeting Turns Turbulent: Jagdambika Pal Alleges Abuse

January 24, 2025 Editor

The parliamentary committee meeting began on a contentious note, with opposition members arguing they were not given enough time to review draft legislation. After opposition members were suspended from the Waqf Bill panel on Friday, joint parliamentary committee chairman Jagdambika Pal said that the House was adjourned due to TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee using unparliamentary language against him. “Twice we had to adjourn the House. Today, we gave time to the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq delegation from Jammu and Kashmir, which was a demand from the opposition… For the first time, we…