Dawoodi Bohras specific gratitude to PM Modi over Waqf Act modification
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The neighborhood, a affluent however miniscule minority amongst Shia Muslims, was represented by famous lawyer Harish Salve throughout their illustration to the Joint Committee of Parliament, which was headed by BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, that had scrutinised the invoice tabled in Parliament
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A delegation of Dawoodi Bohras met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to specific their gratefulness to him for the Waqf (Modification) Act, which has accommodated a few of their key calls for.
Officers mentioned the neighborhood members advised Modi that it was their long-pending demand as they reposed religion in his imaginative and prescient of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’.
They have been accompanied by Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju within the assembly.
In a publish on X, Modi mentioned, “Had an exquisite assembly with members of the Dawoodi Bohra neighborhood! We talked about a variety of points through the interplay.” Within the interplay, a neighborhood member advised Modi that they’d been looking for exemption from the Waqf laws since 1923 and lauded him for caring for the “minority inside a minority” with the brand new legislation that enables them to choose out.
One other member mentioned their neighborhood had purchased an costly property for a undertaking in Bhindi Bazaar, a market in Mumbai, in 2015 after which somebody from Nasik laid declare over it as a Waqf property in 2019.
His authorities, he advised the prime minister, has put a cease to such a apply.
The neighborhood, a affluent however miniscule minority amongst Shia Muslims, was represented by famous lawyer Harish Salve throughout their illustration to the Joint Committee of Parliament, which was headed by BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, that had scrutinised the invoice tabled in Parliament.
It was primarily based on the committee’s suggestions that a number of new amendments have been launched within the invoice, which was enacted following its passage in Parliament amid strident criticism from opposition events.
The Supreme Courtroom is at present listening to a batch of pleas difficult the constitutionality of the legislation, described by the federal government as key to transparency and environment friendly administration of Waqf properties.
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