BJD to Oppose Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Parliament
Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal President and Odisha Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that his party will oppose the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the parliament. “Minority brothers and sisters from different places are meeting me every day. They are informing about suffering from a sense of insecurity. Keeping in view the [...]
Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal President and Odisha Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that his party will oppose the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the parliament.
“Minority brothers and sisters from different places are meeting me every day. They are informing about suffering from a sense of insecurity. Keeping in view the interest of the minorities, the BJD will oppose the Waqf bill. Peace and harmony are the foundation for development. Odisha is famous for harmony and brotherhood,” Naveen wrote on X.
Senior BJD leader Muzibulla Khan alias Munna Khan stated that currently the bill has been referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for scrutiny.
“We will wait for the report of the JPC before taking any decision,” Khan said.
He added that the party supremo in his speech during the organisational meeting of the BJD minority cell has firmly stated that the party will oppose the Waqf bill in parliament.
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