“As a Member of the JPC on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, I had submitted a detailed dissent note opposing the Bill. Shockingly, parts of my dissent note have been redacted without my knowledge! The Joint Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill … was already reduced to a farce, but now they’ve stooped even lower — censoring dissenting voices of Opposition MPs! What are they so scared of? Why this attempt to silence us?” Hussain wrote on X.However, speaking to this newspaper, Pal said Owaisi’s dissent notes ran into 200 pages and the dissent notes served no purpose after the amendments were passed.The Waqf Act of 1995, enacted to regulate Waqf properties, has long been criticised for mismanagement, corruption and encroachments.The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, aims to address these challenges by introducing reforms such as digitisation, enhanced audits, improved transparency, and legal mechanisms to reclaim illegally occupied assets.
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