Parliament Session Live: Opposition parties have consistently condemned the Waqf Amendment Bill, called it ‘unconstitutional’.
Parliament Session Live: The controversial Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, will be taken to discuss and pass in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, in which the House witnessed a demonstration between the government and the opposition. Consideration of the bill will be prepared after the house and will be prepared to pass. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju had told reporters that Speaker Om Birla, headed by the Vocational Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Lok Sabha, agreed to the eight -hour debate, which would be extended after understanding the situation in the House.… read more
The news agency PTI, citing sources, said that senior BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah, are likely to participate in the discussion on the bill.
Both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress have issued whip to their MPs to ensure their presence in the House. Key NDA colleagues Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Janata Dal (United), Shiv Sena and LJP (Ram Vilas) also issued a whip to their leaders, asking them to return the government’s stand.
While the future of the bill of the bill is unknown, it is noteworthy that the BJP -led NDA has 293 MPs in the Lok Sabha, which has the strength of 542 MPs.
Allegedly, LJP (Ram Vilas), led by TDP, JD (U) and Chirag Paswan, initially expressed some reservation on the bill, they begin to accept more after the parliamentary committee adopted some of their insight.
Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024
The controversial bill introduced in the Lok Sabha in August 2024 proposes 40 amendments to the provisions of the Waqf Act.
Amendments suggested amendments such as non-Muslim representation in Muslim women and Waqf boards and the regulation of Waqf boards of India and extensive changes in governance.
The bill to amend the Waqf Act, 1995 will make it mandatory for Waqf boards to register its properties with district collectors to ensure its actual assessment. Currently, most of the members of the WAQF board are selected, but once the new bill formally becomes a law, all members will be nominated by the government.
According to the Act of 1995, Waqf means “for the purposes inherent in Islam or permanent dedication of real estate as sacred, religious or charitable.”
Parliament session | key points
- The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, is scheduled to be discussed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The bill is likely to go before the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Both houses have been allotted to eight workers to debate the proposed amendments.
- A day before the discussion, the opposition India Block presented a joint face on Tuesday and discussed its joint strategy to oppose the Waqf Bill. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and KC Venugopal, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav, NCP leader Supriya Sule, Kalyan Banerjee of TMC, and Sanjay Singh of AAP were present in the meeting.
- Opposition leaders have been contesting the election, describing it as “unconstitutional”.
- Last year, after its presentation in the Lok Sabha, after which a parliamentary committee was formed for further consideration under the leadership of Jagdambika Pal.
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April 2, 2025 9:13 AM First
Parliament Session Live: People who oppose the Waqf Bill are not Muslims, say the chairman of Uttarakhand Waqf Board
Parliament Session Live: Uttarakhand Waqf Board Chairman Shadab Shams on Tuesday attacked the opposition on his stance on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, stating that people opposing the bill opposed Muslims.
Talking to ANI, Shams said, “Poor Muslims have expectations from PM Modi, and that is why we have nominated this amendment bill as ‘Umaid’. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju Hope is the ray of Hope … PM Modi’s government has decided that they will bring poor Muslims to the mainstream.
“They (protests) looted the vaakf. They looted the rights of the poor … They are scaring Muslims saying that mosques will be removed. Those who are protesting are not Muslims. They are political Muslims of Congress, social-Hima, such as Samaj-Haima, such as for Zamit Ulim and Committees, through a back door … they are all the vaakfars.
April 2, 2025 9:11 AM First
Parliament Session Live: Fadnavis takes a jib on Udhav Thackeray on Waqf Bill
Parliament Session Live: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday that it should be seen whether Shiv Sena (UBT) supremo Uddhav Thackeray will maintain the ideology of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thakere during the Waqf M.Edment Bill discussion in Parliament on Wednesday.
“Let’s see if Udhav Balasaheb Thackeray, Hindu heart emperor, Balasaheb Thekere will maintain the ideology, or will continue to follow the footsteps of Rahul Gandhi in the politics of triviality,” Fadnavis posted on X.
April 2, 2025 9:08 AM First
Parliament Session Live: Pawan Kalyan’s public to vote in favor of Waqf Bill
Parliament Session Live: Actor-Raja Pawan Kalyan’s Janasena Party has decided to support the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, a party’s release said, saying that it assumes that this law would “profit” to the Muslim community.
Janasena said, “Pawan Kalyan, the chief of the Janasena, issued directions to the party MPs in the Lok Sabha, directed them to vote in favor of the bill in Parliament.”
The party, TDP and BJP partners are two MPs in the Lok Sabha.
April 2, 2025 9:06 AM First
Parliament Session Live: Waqf Bill BJP’s dialect to divert attention from real issues, AAP is accused
Parliament Session Live: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday slammed the BJP and alleged that the party’s proposed Waqf bill “is an attempt to divert attention from real issues such as falling money, inflation and unemployment.
Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said in a statement that the BJP had promised to implement the recommendations of the Rahman Committee in the 2009 manifesto and even supported the 2013 Amendment Bill.
He asked why the government introduced a new bill when it had already informed the Supreme Court that 99 percent of Waqf properties were digitized.
April 2, 2025 9:03 AM First
Parliament Session Live: Muslim Board appealed to secular parties, MP to oppose Waqf Bill
Parliament Session Live: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Tuesday appealed to all secular political parties, which included BJP allies, and members of Parliament to strongly oppose the Waqf Bill and not vote in its favor.
AIMPLB President Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani strongly urged him to not only oppose the bill, but also vote against it to “stop the communal agenda of the BJP”.
In a statement, he said that the bill is not only based on discrimination and injustice, but also directly contradicts the provision of fundamental rights under Articles 14, 25 and 26 of the Constitution.
Rahni alleged that through the bill, the BJP aims to weaken the Waqf laws and pave the way for the seizure and destruction of Waqf properties.
April 2, 2025 8:56 AM First
Parliament Session Live: TDP issues a whip to its LS MPs for Wednesday
Parliament Session Live: Telugu Desam Party, the leading ally of the ruling BJP, issued three-line whips to all its Lok Sabha MPs, to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Bill to ensure its presence in the House on 2 April.
According to a press release, “The Telugu Desmam Party (TDP) has issued three-line whip to all its members of Parliament, directing to appear in the Lok Sabha on April 2, 2025. The directive comes to light of the prescribed introduction of the Waqf Bill, which is an important discussion in the house.
April 2, 2025 8:54 AM First
Parliament Session Live: India block parties get to discuss joint strategy
Next to discuss the Parliament Session Live: Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the opposition India Block on Tuesday met to discuss its joint strategy as a joint face in the Lok Sabha.
Congress leaders in the meeting were Rahul Gandhi, Mallikrajun Kharge and KC Venugopal, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav, NCP leader Supriya Sule, TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee and Sanjay Singh of AAP.
DMK’s TR Baalu, Tiruchi Shiva and Kanimozhi, RJD’s Manoj Kumar Jha, CPI-M’s John Britis, CPI’s Sandosh Kumar P, RSP’s NK Premchandran and Vaiko were also present in the meeting.
April 2, 2025 8:53 AM First
Parliament Session Live: Security Beef was done in Delhi before the Waqf Bill discussion
Parliament Session Live: Delhi Police strengthened security arrangements in various sensitive areas in the capital before discussing the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.
A senior police officer cited by news agency PTI said, “To maintain law and order in many sensitive areas, we will arrange for the intensity of patrol and additional deployment at night.”
All the Deputy Commissioners of the police (DCPS) have already been directed to keep strict vigilance. The DCP already planned to maintain law and order in its areas. “No one will be allowed to violate law and order,” the official said.
April 2, 2025 8:49 AM First
Parliament Session Live: Congress pointed out Lok Sabha MPs for 3 days
Parliament Session Live: Next to discuss the Waqf Amendment Bill, the Congress on Tuesday issued a whip to all its Lok Sabha MPs, ensuring their presence in the House for the next three days.
“Very important issues will be raised for discussion in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, ie Suresh K. 2 April, 3 and 2025. Suresh was quoted by news agency PTI.
April 2, 2025 8:45 AM First
Parliament Session Live: What is Waqf Board? , Explained
Parliament Session Live: As the Lok Sabha Waqf (Amendment) is fully prepared to discuss the Bill, 2024, which aims to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, let’s understand what the board does.
The Waqf is a permanent dedication of movable or immovable properties for religious, sacred or charitable purposes recognized by Muslim law. And according to the Waqf Act, 1995, Waqf “is a permanent dedication of movable or real estate for the objectives inherent in Islam, which is in the form of holy, religious or charitable.”
April 2, 2025 8:41 AM First
Parliament Session Live: 8 hours discussion on Waqf Bill
Parliament Session Live: The Waqf Bill will be kept in the Lok Sabha after the idea house after the idea house. Subsequently, an eight -hour discussion will be held on the bill, which will be subject to increase in according to the spirit of the House.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju had told reporters that the Vocational Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha (BAC), chaired by Chairman Om Birla, agreed to the eight -hour debate. Rijiju said that while many sides wanted four to six hours of debate, the opposition demanded 12 hours.
April 2, 2025 8:39 am First
Parliament Session Live: Waqf Amendment Bill will be introduced in Lok Sabha today
Parliament Session Live: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, has been fully prepared in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, which establishes a platform for a high-handed discussion between the BJP-led ruling and the Congress-led opposition party.
Among other major parties, both BJP and Congress have issued a whip to their MPs to ensure their presence in the House.
