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New Delhi: The proposed inclusion of non-Muslim members in state waqf boards and the Central Waqf Council was opposed by all opposition parties during the first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill Thursday, ThePrint has learnt...
Sources said opposition MPs raised a number of objections regarding the proposed provisions, such as the inclusion of non-Muslim members, giving more powers to district collectors, among others..
Sources said that MPs from the Aam Aadmi Party, the Trinamool Congress, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) questioned the need and logic behind the proposal to include non-Muslim members in state waqf boards and the Central Waqf Council...
A JPC member, requesting anonymity, said that many members questioned the governments intent and alleged that the Bill has provisions that are unconstitutional and not in the interests of the Muslim community...
In line with the decision of our party president Sri @ysjagan Garu and the partys official stand, the Waqf Board amendment Bill was opposed by me in todays meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) with a rationale..
