The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday issued a whip to all its Rajya Sabha MPs, mandating their presence in the Parliament on April 3 to support the government's stand on key legislative matters.
Meanwhile, the opposition party MPs walked out of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting, Gogoi said, while accusing the government of bulldozing its agenda and not listening to the opposition members.
Reactions from MPs on the Waqf Amendment Bill highlight concerns over the government's approach to the proposed changes. While Revolutionary Socialist Party MP NK Premchandran on Tuesday called the Waqf Amendment Bill an "absolutely new bill".
"Kerala Bishops' Council, which is a congregation of all the Bishops of Kerala, have made a request to all the MPs from Kerala to support the Waqf Amendment Bill. Why? Because it's a very rational bill. If you look at the history of how the Waqf Act was implemented in India, we see that it w
"Kerala Catholic Bishop's Council and many other Christian organisations are asking the MPs from Kerala to take a stand on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and vote in favour of it. Because in Kerala, in a place called Munambam near Cochin, hundreds of poor families are having the threat of thei
"This act is not against any community - that is propaganda being spread to poison minds of some," Rijiju posted on X, adding, "I welcome the request by Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC) to all MPs of Kerala to support the Waqf Amendment Bill as a Minister and as a minority community m
The statement issued by Fr. Thomas Tharayil of the KCBC secretariat said that provisions in the Waqf law, which legitimise the "illegal claims" in such a way that people in Munambam are unable to exercise their revenue claims on the land, need to be amended.
Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar welcomed the Kerala Catholic Bishop Council's appeal for MPs to support the Waqf Amendment Bill. He said the bill addressed land concerns in Munambam and called on all Kerala MPs to back the amendment.
"The statement made on Rana Sangha was completely wrong, Rana Sangha was a warrior, he fought battles, and he was brave .I think that the statements made by Samajwadi party MPs are making, and also how Congress has been silent, even they are saying such things. It seems their mental state is
Congress MP Rajeev Shukla on Thursday criticized the interruption faced by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi during a session in Parliament, stating that even BJP MPs were unaware of the reasons behind it.
In their letter, the INDIA bloc MPs highlighted a series of disturbing trends and called for immediate corrective action to address issues such as the vacant post of Deputy Speaker, the denial of speaking opportunities to the Leader of Opposition, and the unfair treatment of opposition MP