Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Shikha Roy on Wednesday hit out at Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj over their recent comments surrounding fish sellers operating near a temple in Delhi's Chittaranjan Park area.
Amid growing differences within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the party's stand on the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha, BJD leader Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said that there is no infighting at all and MPs, MLAs and workers are united.
PDP MLA Waheed Para expressed disappointment over the lack of discussion on the Waqf Amendment Act in the J&K Assembly. Meanwhile, J&K Assembly LoP Sunil Sharma praised the Speaker for blocking the debate but criticized the ruling party for avoiding public issues.
Aligning with CM Bhupendra Patel's decision, the existing annual grant of Rs 1.50 crore allocated to MLAs for essential local community development has been increased by Rs 1 crore. As a result, each MLA will now receive an enhanced annual grant of Rs 2.50 crore.
"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.
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.
National Conference MLA Tanvir Sadiq on Wednesday demanded a discussion on the Waqf Amendment Act. He asserted that it's their democratic right to express views on the bill, which affects the Muslim-majority region.