'Complete the national highway, save people's lives': Congress launches padayatre
Uppinangady, Jan 14: Demanding the completion of Benglauru-Mangaluru national highway works, which has been stopped at BC Road, D.K district Congress launched a padayatra under the theme 'complete the national highway, save people's lives' at Nellyadi.
District in-charge Minister UT Khader today kicked off the protest march at Nellyadi which will reach BC Road after three days.
Speaking at the occasion, the minister said, the central government, which has failed to achieve the development, is engaged in hiding its scandals. It should form a Joint Parliamentary Committee if it intends to conduct a genuine investigation of the Rafale scandal, Khader challenged.
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Waqf Bill anti-secular, will snatch rights of Muslims: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as “anti-secular”, claiming that it would snatch the rights of Muslims.
Banerjee, speaking in the assembly, also said the Centre did not consult with states over the matter.
“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular; it is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims... The Centre did not consult with us on the Waqf Bill,” she said.
The chief minister added that “if any religion was attacked”, she would wholeheartedly condemn it.
Opposition parties have stridently criticised the amendments proposed by the bill in the existing Waqf Act, alleging that they violate the religious rights of Muslims.
The ruling BJP has asserted that the amendments will bring transparency in the functioning of the Waqf boards and make them accountable.
A parliamentary committee has been constituted to scrutinise the contentious bill.
