New Delhi, March 26: The Central Government has called a meeting of all Members of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday to discuss the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 in detail.

The meeting will provide MPs with a one-hour briefing on the proposed amendments to the Waqf laws, scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in Coordination Room No. 5 of the Parliament.

The government is keen on explaining the contents of the bill before presenting it to Parliament, amidst growing opposition.

The Waqf Amendment Bill has sparked controversy across the nation, with many groups accusing the Central Government of acting against the interests of the Muslim community.

Various Muslim organizations, including the prominent Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, have raised objections, calling the bill anti-Muslim. They argue that the amendments could lead to the mismanagement of Waqf properties and undermine the autonomy of the Muslim community in managing its charitable endowments.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has been vocal in its opposition, declaring that it will organise large-scale protests in different parts of the country.

On March 26, a demonstration will take place in Patna’s Gardanibagh, followed by another protest in Vijayawada on March 29.

AIMPLB’s spokesperson, Qasim Rasool Ilyas, condemned the bill, stating that it was introduced on communal grounds and violated the rights of Muslims. He further claimed that the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), which reviewed the bill, acted unilaterally, disregarding the concerns of opposition parties and Muslim organisations.

The Joint Parliamentary Committee, after several meetings and hearings, presented its report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. The 31-member committee proposed several amendments to the legislation, which were accepted by the majority of 15 BJP MPs against 11 opposition members.

However, the opposition has expressed strong dissent, with concerns over the bill’s implications for Muslim religious and charitable institutions.

As the discussion continues, the government faces increasing pressure from various sources, accompanied by nationwide protests.

Mumbai, March 25: Leader of the Opposition (LoP), in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, Ambadas Danve on Tuesday made a serious allegation that large scale betting was going on with the help of senior Mumbai Police officers during the ongoing IPL series.

During his speech on last week’s motion moved by the Opposition, LoP Ambadas Danve presented a pen drive to Council Chairman Ram Shinde.

“Those involved in betting include Mehul Jain, Kamlesh Jain and Hiren Jain. In addition, Pakistani players are being used by them for betting. After betting through an App called Lotus 24 in the recently-concluded Champions Trophy, all these people have now come to Mumbai for the IPL,” alleged Danve.

Danve criticised the Maharashtra government citing scams in the state’s transport undertaking, CIDCO, revenue, and health departments and also stated that there were corruption allegations against ministers and scams by officials.

He expressed his displeasure at the government’s working, saying that Maharashtra’s economic situation was heading towards an abyss.

Danve claimed that the state had not published the crime report of the last two years.

“About 564 various crimes have been registered in the state and riots have taken place. The graph of rape incidents has increased in Nagpur, Pune, Sambhajinagar. Nearly 22 rapes and 45 molestation incidents are happening every day. All these incidents are happening due to lack of fear of law,” Danve said.

Danve stated that prisons were overcrowded and added that there were 43,000 prisoners in various jails against the total capacity of 27,114 inmates.

He further claimed that there had been cases of fraud worth Rs 51,000 crore in the state. The rate of crime and cybercrime is increasing in the state and the cyber cell needs to be effective to prevent it, Danve said and cited various cases to argue that the law and order situation had deteriorated in Maharashtra.

“A man broke into the house of actor Saif Ali Khan and tried to rob and kill him. The accused in the murder of Beed Massajog Sarpanch is still absconding.

“The human rights commission’s report made it clear that Somnath Suryavanshi in Parbhani died due to beating by the police, but the government cannot take action against the people who beat Suryavanshi,” he claimed.

Danve also questioned what would be the plight of ordinary girls if Union Minister Raksha Khadse’s daughter was molested by some miscreants in Jalgaon.

Mumbai: After a fire broke out in Dharavi PMC Colony in Mumbai, the police have registered a case against those who parked illegally. This fire incident happened due to illegal parking and a truck loaded with gas cylinders. Mumbai Police has registered a complaint in this matter and investigation is going on. The area in Dharavi, Mumbai, where the fire incident took place, is known for large-scale illegal parking and the fire engulfed all the vehicles parked here. This also endangered the lives of people, so the police have registered a case against those who were negligent and illegally parked vehicles. This complaint has been lodged by a constable of Mumbai Police.

According to which, a gas cylinder loaded in a truck exploded due to illegal parking in Dharavi, after which Mumbai Police has registered a case for illegal parking of the truck and other violations of the law. At 9:50 am, the gas cylinder loaded in the truck caught fire, causing panic in the area. The truck was parked illegally in a double parking lot. Driver Babu Gopal Pujari had parked the truck here. It supplies gas cylinders of HP company and its owner is Vinod Suresh Kolkar, manager is Nakesh Subhash Navale, driver of tempo is Velu Nadarha, owner of truck is Anil Kumar Gulab Chandra Gupta, while illegal parking operators are Taufiq Sheikh, Tariq Zubair Sheikh. This accident and fire happened due to illegal parking here, so the police have registered a case against them.

Police have registered a case against 9 accused in this case and other drivers and owners who parked vehicles here. Police have registered a case against the accused. Case has been registered under sections 285, 287, 288, 324 and other sections. This accident happened in an illegal parking lot near PMG Colony in Dharavi. There was chaos in the area due to the explosion of gas cylinders loaded in the truck. The fire brigade vehicles have controlled the fire after a lot of effort. There was no loss of life in this, but the vehicles present there caught fire.

The police have registered a case in this matter and started investigation. In this case, the police has said that this incident happened due to illegal parking here and double parking was also done on the roadside.