Amid the opposition's all-out attack on the Centre after the Waqf (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday, Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju defended the bill in the House and said that there is no "interference in the freedom of any religious body".
The members of the opposition parties made an all-out attack on the Centre as Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju moved the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Through Waqf Act Amendment Bill the Centre is trying to attack freedom of religion, KC Venugopal asserted, adding that the people of this country won't accept this 'divisive politics'.
Lashing out at the centre over the introduction of a Bill further to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party if the Bill has been discussed with their alliance.
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday condemned the targeted attacks on houses, temples and business establishments of Hindus in Bangladesh, and urged the Centre to do all it can diplomatically and politically to protect the Hindu minority in the neighbouring country.
Congress leaders on Monday said the Centre should inform the nation about the current political crisis in Bangladesh, secure the nation's border and ensure the safety of its citizens living in the neighbouring country.
On August 5, 2019, the Centre revoked Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the region into two Union Territories- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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.
After reports mentioned that the centre is planning to amend the Waqf Board Act, Chief Priest Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, Ayodhya, Acharya Satyendra Das Ji Maharaj welcomed the proposed amendments by the government.
After reports mentioned that the Centre is planning to amend the Waqf Board Act, Maharashtra State Minorities Commission Chairman Pyare Khan, backed the rumoured amendments saying that the government is bringing amendments for the development of Muslims.
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh on Sunday slammed the Centre for jeopardizing the "future of millions of India's youths" and making the National Testing Agency "a mere revenue-raising exercise."