Intervention applications have been filed in the Supreme Court in support of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, saying the amendments are in consonance with the scheme of Constitution of India.
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.
Speaking after the All India Congress Committee (AICC) session in Gujarat, Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla accused the government of ignoring pressing economic issues while pushing legislation like the Waqf Amendment Bill.
"Zulmi sarkaar, zalim sarkaar ka ant hona tay hai (This government's tyranny will surely end). The way an attempt is being made to spoil the atmosphere of the country...brotherhood is being destroyed. One community is being targeted to make another community happy. Only Congress and Rahul Ga
"The opposition wants to run a monopoly and wants to misuse things. The Prime Minister and the BJP government will expose them. Using Waqf properties for the welfare of the public is the ideology of everyone. Some people did not want the good use of Waqf, and this Bill has ended their monopo
"The MLAs represent more than 70 lakh people. They want there should be a discussion in the House for Muslims too...Our rights are being taken away every day, from 5th August (2019) till date. This was confined to Jammu and Kashmir until now. But now, this is being extended to Muslims across
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday strongly criticised the central government over the passage of the Waqf Bill, calling the process unconstitutional and vowing to challenge it in court.
BJP MP Dr Sudhanshu Trivedi on Monday lashed out at the opposition to the Waqf Bill in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, accusing state governments like Tamil Nadu and J&K of displaying that they have "utter contempt" for the Constitution by challenging legislation passed by Parliament.
After the chaos erupted in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly over the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference president Sajad Lone on Monday said that the discussions should be allowed in the House.