The BJP-led federal government submitted the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, amending the Waqf Act of 1995. It was proposed by Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju. Chaotic scenes followed in the House as the opposition resisted the passage of the Bill. The opposition contested the Bill’s passage, resulting in chaotic … Read more
The opposition INDIA group led by the Congress and Samajwadi Party is leading on 43 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats, dealing a serious blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-dominated National Democratic Alliance, which holds the most seats in the Lower House of Parliament. Currently, the BJP can only hold 33 seats in the … Read more
Subrata Pathak, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kannauj MP, has compared his election battle with Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in the Uttar Pradesh constituency to an India-Pakistan cricket match. Yadav will file his nomination today, three days after the party announced another candidate in the constituency. “In a democracy, the election is the biggest festival. … Read more
The BJP will be wiped out from Ghaziabad to Ghazipur, declared Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, just two days before the national elections are set to begin across the country. Mr Yadav, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by his side, said every promise made by the BJP turned out false and that the … Read more