"I hereby give notice of a question of privilege under Rule 187 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) against Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education for having misled the House," the Congress leader said in the notice.
As the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was tabled in the Lok Sabha by the Union government today, the Congress denounced the bill as "draconian" and an "attack on the Constitution," adding that "this is a draconian law and a fundamental attack on the Constitution."
Former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that the Waqf Amendment Bill will pave the way for "constitutional hierarchy over unconstitutional anarchy."
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday firmly refuted allegations that the Preamble of the Indian Constitution has been removed from NCERT textbooks.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has responded to the recent controversy surrounding the alleged removal of the Preamble from its textbooks, stating that the claims are unfounded.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said on Tuesday that the non-permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir also started to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Constitution after the abrogation of Article 370.
Amid the reports that the central government is likely to bring a bill to curb the powers of the Waqf Board over assets, CPI General Secretary D Raja alleged the BJP of snatching the properties of Waqf board and said that the constitution is being tampered with in all possible ways by BJP-RS
Reacting to reports that the centre is planning to amend the Waqf Board Act, Ashwini Upadhyay said on Monday that the existence of Waqf Board is against the Indian Constitution adding that there's nowhere mentioned about the Waqf board in India constitution.
On the 5th anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nirmal Singh on Monday said that today is a "historic day," adding that there is "peace" in Jammu and Kashmir.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said it is of the considered view that the constitution of an SIT headed by a former judge of this court should not be ordered when remedies under the law governing criminal procedure are not availe