Updated On: 12 August, 2024 12:00 PM IST | Jalna | mid-day online correspondent
Shiv Sena MP Sandipan Bhumre and other leaders of the ruling party have stressed on a consensus and said that the Muslim community must be taken into confidence before any amendment is made to the Waqf Act

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju with a delegation of Muslim clerics for a meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on August 9. Pic/PTI
Shiv Sena Member of Parliament (MP) Sandipan Bhumre and other leaders of the ruling party have stressed on a consensus and said the Muslim community must be taken into confidence before any amendment is made to the Waqf Act.
The bill, which seeks to amend the law governing waqf boards, has proposed far-reaching changes in the present Act, including ensuring the representation of Muslim women and non-Muslims in such bodies.