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Waqf Bill in Lok Sabha: What is it? Why are proposed changes contentious?

Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju tabled the Waqf Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha today, which aims to bring changes to the Waqf Act, 1995, that governs the management of Waqf properties in the country. File Photo/PTI The Central government has tabled the contentious Waqf Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha. VIDEO | Waqf Bill: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju says in Lok Sabha, "Maximum four non-Muslim members, including compulsory two women members, can be there in Waqf Council. The BJP-led NDA is comfortably placed in the Lok Sabha to get the Waqf Bill, 2024, passed.

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