Waqf Board News
Kapil Sibal told SC waqf is not secular but Muslim-dedicated property, opposing new law allowing non-Muslims in waqf bodies.
Addressing an event organised at the BJP headquarters here to mark the party's 46th foundation day, Nadda said the governments in Turkey and many other Muslim countries have taken the Waqf properties under their control.
Earlier in the day, all the Opposition MPs that are part of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, were suspended from Friday's sitting.
The Waqf Board had registered 125 graveyards in Bhopal district, but investigations have revealed a startling fact: only 24 of these graveyards remain, while the remaining 101 have mysteriously disappeared.
Muslims in Prayagraj have claimed that the land where the Maha Kumbh Mela will be held is actually a property of the Waqf board.
Arguing his case, the lawyer for Shamsi Shahi Jama Masjid Intezamia Committee and Waqf Board Asrar Ahmed questioned the locus standi of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha to file the petition in the matter.
The BJP, which launched an all-out agitation and verbal attack on the Congress government and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the issue, was upbeat about the development.
Giriraj Singh criticised Congress leader Salman Khurshid for their comments regarding religious atrocities faced by Hindus in Bangladesh.
The conflict reportedly began when some Muslims from the village filed a petition requesting that the Hanuman Temple and Durga Temple premises be designated as Waqf property.
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