Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday launched a blistering attack on the BJP-led Union Government after the Waqf Amendment Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, stating that this bill is a “brazen assault” on the Constitution and is BJP’s strategy to keep society in a state of “permanent polarisation.”
At the CPP general body meeting, Sonia Gandhi said, “Yesterday, the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, was passed in the Lok Sabha, and today, it is scheduled to come up in the Rajya Sabha. 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 polarization.”
Sonia Gandhi also criticised the Union Government, claiming that the Opposition leaders in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were not being allowed to express their views.
“It is a matter of grave concern to our democracy that the LOP in the Lok Sabha is not permitted to speak. Similarly, time and again, the LOP in the Rajya Sabha, Khargeji, is also not allowed to say what he wants to say and indeed must say. Like you, I have been witness to how the House gets adjourned not because of us but because of the protests by the Treasury Benches themselves. This is quite extraordinary and shocking, designed to prevent the Opposition from raising their concerns that would put the Government on the spot,” she said.
Congress MP Kiran Kumar Chamala said that this bill is against the Muslim community. He further attacked the BJP, alleging that they use the Parliament floor as their party’s platform.
