The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has strongly criticised the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, calling it "anti-democratic" and "anti-constitutional."
As the Waqf (Amendment) Bill is on the agenda of the government among sixteen bills for the winter session of Parliament beginning on Monday, residents of Kochi have raised their concerns through a protest against the Act.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju responded by asserting that the government is "ready to discuss any topic" and called for a peaceful and productive winter session of the Parliament.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sasmit Patra has said that his party MPs will raise the demand for special category status for Odisha in the coming winter session of the parliament which will commence on Monday.
The winter Session of Parliament will commence tomorrow and subject to exigencies of Government Business, the session is set to conclude on December 20. There will be no sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on November 26, to commemorate "Constitution Day" as per a statement.
The finance minister will also move bills to amend the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, of 1970, and the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, of 1980 be taken into consideration.
As the winter session is scheduled to kick off on November 25, Azad Samaj Party (ASP) National President Chandrashekhar Azad said that the government should discuss on issues like youth employement, health policies, edudcation and caste census.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the party has accepted the verdict of the Maharastra and Jharkhand assembly elections adding that they would introspect (their performance) in both states to further strengthen.
After the all-party meeting ahead of the winter session of Parliament concluded, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said that the union government was ready to discuss any topic raised by the political parties. He said that the only request was that both houses of the P
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