Srinagar, Jan. 30 -- As the deck for the NDA government to move the Waqf (Amendment) Bill during the Budget session of Parliament has been cleared, Peoples Democratic Party leader Waheed Parra said that the proposed bill is about "control, subjugation, and ensuring that Muslims no longer have even their religious endowments to fall back on."
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 on Wednesday adopted its report by a majority vote even as all 11 Opposition members moved dissent notes on the Bill.
A day after JPC approval Parra, who is legislative leader of the PDP, said this bill is not about transparency or efficiency.
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