{"id":28147,"date":"2025-04-02T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=28147"},"modified":"2025-04-02T07:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:00:54","slug":"waqf-amendment-bill-being-introduced-in-interest-of-country-union-minister-kiren-rijiju","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/waqf-amendment-bill-being-introduced-in-interest-of-country-union-minister-kiren-rijiju\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWaqf Amendment Bill Being Introduced In Interest Of Country\u201d: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Apr 2: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday stated that the Waqf Amendment Bill which is to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today, is in the interest of the country.<br \/>\nHe further stated that the bill was being opposed for political reasons, and if it was opposed on the basis of logic, there were answers for the same.<br \/>\nSpeaking to the media, the Union Minister said, \u201cToday is a historic day and today the Waqf Amendment Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha and this bill is being introduced in the interest of the country. Not only crores of Muslims but the whole country will support it. Those who are opposing it are doing so for political reasons. I will present the facts in the House. And I also want that if someone opposes, they should oppose on the basis of logic and we will also answer them.\u201d<br \/>\nHe further said that the bill was being introduced after a lot of thought and preparation.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen we are bringing such a bill, we have come after a lot of thought and preparation\u2026\u201d Rijiju further added.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Union Minister and RLD President Jayant Chaudhary also showed support to the bill and said \u201cWe are with NDA. We\u2019ve issued a whip.\u201d<br \/>\nUnion Minister George Kurian said that all communities supported the amendment bill further stating that only the big landlords were opposing the bill.<br \/>\nKurian said, \u201cAll communities support this amendment bill, and we can see that poor Muslims and the middle class also support this Bill. Only big landlords are opposing this Bill.\u201d<br \/>\nFurther, he stated that the bill was transparent because it was connected to land and property.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is very transparent because it is connected to the land and property,\u201d he stated. Uttar Pradesh Minister OP Rajbhar lashed out at the opposition parties and stated that they were indulging in vote politics.<br \/>\n\u201cSamajwadi Party, BSP, Congress supporters are doing vote politics\u2026\u201d Rajbhar said.<br \/>\nHe further said that the Waqf Board rules had been amended thrice and the shortcomings in it were corrected from time to time to make sure all those under the Waqf Board rules were benefitted.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Waqf Board rules have been amended thrice before, the shortcomings in it are corrected from time to time, so now it is being corrected\u2026 I would like to ask those who are opposing to tell me the name of one poor person who has been given the benefit of Waqf Board land\u2026 The government wants that those who come under the Waqf Board Rules should get the benefit\u2026 These people are opposing only for votes,\u201d he further stated.<br \/>\nThe Waqf (Amendment) Bill will be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. Both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress have issued whips to their MPs to ensure their presence in the House.<br \/>\nWith the parties in the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and the Opposition INDIA bloc showing no signs of bipartisan consensus building, the outcomes may be decided on the majority numbers on the floor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28148\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28148\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cWaqf Amendment Bill Being Introduced In Interest Of Country\u201d: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN-549x309.jpg 549w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN-470x264.jpg 470w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN-233x131.jpg 233w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN-230x129.jpg 230w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KIREN.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWaqf Amendment Bill Being Introduced In Interest Of Country\u201d: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Apr 2: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday stated that the Waqf Amendment Bill which is to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today, is in the interest of the country. He further stated that the bill was being opposed for political reasons, and if it was opposed on the basis of logic, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-header","category-national"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Waqf Amendment Bill Being Introduced In Interest Of Country: Rijiju<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday stated that the Waqf Amendment Bill which is 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