Sonia Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is dragging country into an abyss where Constitution will remain on paper.
Waqf bill is brazen assault on Constitution, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said on Thursday, adding that it is part of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) strategy to keep society in state of permanent polarisation.
Sonia Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is dragging country into an abyss where Constitution will remain on paper. She added their “intention is to demolish” the Constitution. Follow Parliament LIVE updates
The Waqf Amendment Bill, which Sonia Gandhi said has been ‘bulldozed’ through in Lok Sabha, is a piece of legislation aimed at reforming the management and administration of Waqf properties, which are charitable assets donated for religious or social purposes under Islamic law.
The bill seeks to address issues related to the efficiency, accountability, and transparency of Waqf boards and their functioning.
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The Lok Sabha passed the Waqf Amendmhttps://harjas.site/?cat=39ent Bill 2025 in the early hours of Thursday after a marathon and heated debate during which members of opposition bloc ‘INDIA’ fiercely opposed the legislation while BJP and its allies in denied claims of it being ‘anti-Muslim’, saying it will bring transparency and enhance the efficiency of Waqf boards.
Sonia Gandhi, at a Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meet on Thursdaym asked the party MPs to “expose Modi government’s intention to turn India into surveillance state”.
Further, Sonia Gandhi also said that the ‘One Nation, One Election Bill’ is “another subversion of Constitution”, adding that the party strongly opposes this legislation.
