The West Bengal Assembly passed a resolution urging the withdrawal of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, with BJP lawmakers staging a walkout while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari clashed over the bill’s implications.
Earlier on Sunday, Basanagouda Yatnal was issue a show cause notice by the party calling out his continued tirade against the state-level party leadership and defiance of party directives.
Waqf Amendment Bill: The Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 was presented in the Lok Sabha on August 8. It was later sent to the JPC headed by BJP MP Jagdambika Pal for further deliberations before being passed.
BJP member Jagdambika Pal, head of joint committee of Parliament, had said that the draft is ready but opposition members have demanded an extension for a more thorough discussion. They had met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday to press their demand.
After the attack on the survey team in Sambhal and the subsequent violence against the police, an FIR has been filed against SP leaders Ziaur Rahman Barq and Nawab Suhail Iqbal for allegedly inciting violence during clashes, which resulted in four deaths and 21 injuries.
The Winter Session of the Parliament is set to start from Monday. The government has listed 16 bills for consideration. The session will run till December 20. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that govt would discuss any issue, adding that only request is house should run well.
Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati extended support to Mahayuti. He urged people to bring the coalition into power again.
Joint Parliamentary Committee Chairperson Jagdambika Pal met protesting farmers and said that the fact-finding report will be tabled in the Parliament in upcoming winter session.
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee smashed a glass water bottle and threw it away during a heated exchange of words with BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Waqf Bill.
The Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 was presented in the Lok Sabha during the winter session of the Parliament on August 8. It was later sent to the JPC headed by BJP MP Jagdambika Pal for further deliberations before being passed.
The Opposition MPs demanded the removal of the chairperson of the committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jagdambika Pal, who overruled their objections on many occasions during the meetings and allowed the deposition to continue.
A delegation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind led by its chief Maulana Mahmood Asad Madani held an extensive meeting with the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 8 and referred to the JPC after a heated debate with the government asserting the proposed law did not intend to interfere with the functioning of mosques and the opposition calling it a targeting of Muslims.
A claim is being made on social media that the government has rolled out a phone number to seek suggestions for the Waqf Amendment Bill. India TV conducted a fact check of the viral claim.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 8 and referred to the JPC after a heated debate with the government asserting the proposed law did not intend to interfere with the functioning of mosques and the opposition calling it a targeting of Muslims.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah was addressing a press conference on 100 days of the third term of the Modi government. He said that the bill will be passed in the parliament in the coming days.
Giriraj Singh slammed Bareilly's Maulana Tauqeer Raza for his statement that Muslims will come out on the streets and surround Delhi in protest against the Waqf Bill 2024.
The Bill is significant for the BJP and the party's strategists want it to be passed in the upcoming Winter Session of the Parliament. However, a lot also depends on the JPC report.
A strong BJP member, Jagdambika Pal was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for 1 day in 1998.
The Central government introduced Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 in the Parliament during the monsoon session. After a brief discussion, the bill was referred to the JPC of 31 members.
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