Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, proposes to repeal Section 40 of the 1995 Act, as it gives the boards power to decide on a property. Calling the section the most draconian law, Rijiju said this … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Congress Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday strongly opposed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, calling it an “attack” on Parliament and the Constitution. He also alleged that the government had four “key objectives” behind the bill, which he claimed “targeted” the Muslim community. During the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday tore into the Opposition for ‘spreading falsehood’ over the Waqf Amendment Bill and urged the ‘doubters and naysayers’ to refrain from misleading the people on the proposed reforms. The Minister, after introducing the bill in Lok … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju called Wednesday a historic day as the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha. Rijiju emphasised that the Bill, which aims to amend the Waqf Act of 1995, is in the national interest and … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Waqf (Amendment) Bill will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on April 2 (Wednesday) soon after the Question Hour and will be followed by a comprehensive and detailed discussion extending up to eight hours, said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday. Speaking to … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday asked ‘some groups’ in political parties and Muslim outfits to refrain from spreading canards and lies on the Waqf Amendment Bill and stated that it was in the larger interest of the minorities and any attempt to thwart … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi/Bengaluru, March 24 (IANS) The Congress on Monday moved a breach of privilege notice against BJP National President and Union Minister for Health J.P. Nadda and Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha for “having blatantly misled the House allegedly by charging that the Congress is … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha witnessed a heated exchange on Monday as the BJP accused the Congress government in Karnataka of providing Muslim reservation, and also claimed that the Congress leaders were keen to amend the Constitution for this. The Allegations, Rased by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday trained his guns on the previous AAP-dominated Delhi Assembly for its failure to adopt a Central-government promoted technological tool for paperless work. Speaking at the signing of an MoU for the implementation of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) … Read more