New Delhi/IBNS, Jan. 28 -- A joint parliamentary committee (JPC) has voted in favour of 14 changes proposed to the Waqf Amendment Bill's draft version, which had been tabled in the Lok Sabha in August last year.

The bill seeks to make 44 contentious alterations to the way Muslim charitable properties are managed in the country.

This means waqf councils, whether at state or pan-India levels, will have at least two, and possibly more (if the nominated ex-officio members are also not Muslim) members who don't belong to the Islamic faith.

In the original draft, this decision was left to the District Collector.

These changes were proposed by members of the ruling BJP, including Lok Sabha MPs Nishikant Dubey, Tejasvi Surya and Aparajita Sar...