Sonia Gandhi after Waqf Bill passed in Lok Sabha: ‘Bill is brazen assault on Constitution’
Sonia Gandhi said the bill is very much part of the BJP’s deliberate strategy to keep the society in a state of permanent polarisation. Sonia Gandhi, Congress MP, said on Thursday that yesterday, the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 was passed in the Lok Sabha, and today it is scheduled to come up in the Rajya Sabha. She said the bill was in effect bulldozed through. “Our party’s position is clear. The Bill is a brazen assault on the Constitution itself. It is very much part of the BJP’s deliberate strategy to keep our society in a state of permanent polarisation,” she said. Apart from her, Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi on Thursday criticised the timing and intent behind the Waqf (Amendment) Bill that was passed in the Lok Sabha, stating that the legislation was a ruse of the ruling government to divert attention from the US reciprocal tariff announcement. “Parliament was working until 2 in the morning, and at 1:30 am, the US imposed tariffs. The country and especially the BJP voters must understand that this …