Pakistan's former Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani visited the protest camp and held a meeting with BNP chairman Sardar Akhtar Mengal. However, party sources revealed the discussion did not yield any progress towards addressing the impasse.
"They (BJP) feel that they can come with a crowd like goats and sheep, and stop me. Aaj hum sharif kya ho gaye toh yeh badmash ho gaye (Today we are innocent, so they became crooks). You have not seen crook behaviour, I have left all that," the AAP MLA told reporters in Jammu.
Congress MLA Irfan Hafeez on Wednesday termed the Waqf Amendment Act a state interference to the religious affairs of the Muslim community. He added that the demand for a discussion on the act in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was justified.
Speaking to ANI, Sajad Lone said, "We demanded that the Speaker either goes back to his chambers temporarily and Mubarak Gul take over for the time being and our work will be done. We also brought in a no-confidence motion. If he persists, then I think the no-confidence motion should be succ
A Dalit leader and the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly, Teeka Ram Julie, visited the Ram Temple on Ram Navami. After his visit, former BJP MLA Gyandev Ahuja washed the temple with Ganga jal, as per the post by Congress.
The contract was signed in the presence of Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India, Vumlunmang Vualnam, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Remi Maillard, President and Managing Director of Airbus in India and South Asia, and Dr Anish Shah, Group CEO and
Reportedly, certain Bhartiya Janata Party MLAs objected to alleged comments made by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Mehraj Malik, where he claimed that Hindus wear a 'tilak' but sin all the time.
"The CM was busy with the Home Minister's visit. This is why he could not have a detailed discussion with his alliance partners. He will probably come to the house today, and only after discussions with him will we be able to decide today's business," MLA Bhat told ANI.
Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma on Wednesday slammed the ruling National Conference's stance on the Waqf Amendment Act, saying that the party opposed the act because of its vested interest in keeping the status quo.
Following chaos that erupted in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly over demands to discuss the Waqf Amendment Act, National Conference MLA Tanvir Sadiq said that the party wanted the Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to understand "sense of the house" and allow a discussion on the act.
Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Tuesday defended the Waqf Amendment Act, stating that it has been brought for the benefit of "poor" Muslims. He alleged that those opposing the legislation were the ones who rob the rights of the poor.