Speaking during the debate on the Bill, Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured that the proposed legislation won’t interfere with the religious matters of Muslims as is being made out to be by the Opposition.
State Health Minister Veena George is scheduled to meet with the leaders of the protesting workers at the NHM office on Thursday at 3 pm. In addition to ASHA representatives, trade union leaders from CITU and INTUC have also been invited to participate in the discussions.
Samajwadi Party and Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) activists held a massive protest here on Thursday against the attack on the residence of party’s Dalit MP Ramjilal Suman in Agra by Karni Sena activists yesterday.
Tension escalated at the Guwahati Press Club as journalists staged a protest against the arrest of senior journalist Dilwar Hussain Mazumdar. Mazumdar was detained after questioning Assam Cooperative Apex Bank’s Managing Director, Dambaru Saikia, during a protest against alleged financial irregularities in the institution.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) launched a nationwide protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Patna on Wednesday, claiming that the proposed bill undermines Muslim minority rights.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met the representatives of the protestersat his residence and sought six months’ time to sort out thereservation matter.
The NC had in its poll manifesto said the party would take steps to rationalise the job quota.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders and workers staged protests across Uttar Pradesh, submitting memorandums to the President through District Magistrates under the leadership of the party’s MPs, MLAs, and district heads.
Opposition Congress MLAs arrived at the MP State Assembly holding copies of the Indian Constitution on the last day of the five-day winter session in Bhopal on Friday.
Members of the youth wing of the Congress party shouted slogans while holding aloft placards against Amit Shah in front of its office.
