'Brazen Assault On Constitution': Sonia Gandhi On Waqf Bill (image:Congress)

New Delhi: At a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party in Samvidhan Sadan on Thursday (April 3), Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi addressed her strong opposition to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.

The bill is “brazen assault” on the constitution, she said, adding that it was part of the BJP’s strategy to keep society in a state of “permanent polarisation”. Congress leader said that the bill was “bulldozed” through the Lok Sabha.

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She also expressed opposition to the One Nation, One Election Bill. Gandhi labeled the bill as another subversion of the Constitution and her party strongly object it. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and all party MPs were present at the meeting.

“Whether it is education, civil rights and liberties, our federal structure or conduct of elections, the Modi government is dragging the country into an abyss where our Constitution will remain on paper and we know their intention is to demolish even that,” she stated.

She further claimed that it is pertinent for everyone to continue to fight for what is “right and just”, to uncover Modi government’s drawbacks and intention to turn India into a “surveillance state”.

Regarding the functioning of both houses of Parliament, Gandhi claimed that the Leaders of Opposition are not allowed to speak and the treasury benches are often found to be creating disruptions so not to allow the Congress to raise their issues.

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After 12-hour-long intense debate, the Waqf Bill passed in Lok Sabha late midnight. The bill will be  tabled in the Rajya Sabha today for discussion. In the lower house, 288 members voted in favour of the Amendment bill and 232 voting against it.