NEW DELHI: Lashing out at the opposition for criticising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Union minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said the Waqf management was captured by some strong Muslim communities at the cost of minor groups like Bohras, Pasmandas, Ahmedias and Aghakhanis, and changes to the law would provide justice to them as…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Thursday witnessed sharp exchanges between the government and the opposition as Union minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill to “correct the wrongs done by the Congress in the past.” The government justified the proposed amendments and said it aimed to empower the marginalised groups within…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, claimed that a delegation of fishermen, who wanted to meet him in Parliament, was stopped on Thursday.The fishermen had issues related to Sri Lanka that they wished to discuss. Rahul Gandhi addressed the media, saying, it is their right to meet anyone,…
NEW DELHI: The Opposition led by the Congress party on Thursday launched a fierce protest against the Modi 3.0 government’s proposal to amend the Wafq Boards Act. As minority and parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju sought to table the Bill to amend the Waqf Act, Congress’s KC Venugopal disrupted the proceedings and built the case…
NEW DELHI: Amid opposition’s demand that it be sent to a joint committee, the govt is set to introduce the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in Lok Sabha on Thursday that proposes far-reaching changes to restrain the powers of Waqf Boards to declare a property as ‘Waqf’ and introduce a detailed process to do so, including…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has often attacked the Narendra Modi government for favouring businessmen Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, on Monday referred to them as “A1” and “A2” after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla objected to naming individuals who are not part of the House in Parliament.During his address in the Lok…
NEW DELHI: Union minister of Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence.Rijiju met Kharge at the Congress chief’s 10, Rajaji Marg residence in what was said to be a courtesy call. Rijiju said that Kharge shared valuable experiences of his life, adding that the two will work…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to take oath for the third consecutive time after two full tenures in which the BJP enjoyed a majority on its own.The 73-year-old will be equalling the feat of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who won in 1952, 1957 and 1962 general elections.Leaders from India’s neighbourhood and…
