{"id":87889,"date":"2025-04-14T22:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/congress-to-challenge-waqf-bill-in-sc-defying-modi-government-bill-praised-for-empowering-marginalized-muslim-communities\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T22:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:32:58","slug":"congress-to-challenge-waqf-bill-in-sc-defying-modi-government-bill-praised-for-empowering-marginalized-muslim-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/congress-to-challenge-waqf-bill-in-sc-defying-modi-government-bill-praised-for-empowering-marginalized-muslim-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress to Challenge Waqf Bill in SC, Defying Modi Government; Bill Praised for Empowering Marginalized Muslim Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has declared that the party will challenge the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Supreme Court after its approval in both houses of Parliament. The bill, which has sparked opposition from various parties, was praised by Prime Minister Modi as a step towards transparency and socio-economic justice, particularly aimed at supporting marginalized Muslim communities. The Congress party&#8217;s decision to contest the bill reflects its ongoing resistance to the policies of the Modi government. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, to improve the governance and utilization of waqf properties across India. Stay tuned for further updates on this legal battle as it unfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has declared that the party will challenge the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Supreme Court after its approval in both houses of Parliament. The bill, which has sparked opposition from various parties, was praised by Prime Minister Modi as a step towards transparency and socio-economic justice, particularly aimed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":87890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119967622imgsize-91322.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119967622imgsize-91322-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119967622imgsize-91322-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119967622imgsize-91322-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119967622imgsize-91322-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119967622imgsize-91322.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119967622imgsize-91322.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/category\/just-in\/\" rel=\"category tag\">JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}