Bikaner (Rajasthan) [India], April 7 : Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Sunday asserted that there is no violation of the Constitution anywhere in the Waqf ammendment act.
Refferring to the pleas against the act in Supreme Court, he said that everyone has right to go to court, noting that that parliament has full authority to amend the bill.
"...They (the opposition) have every right to go to court. But I am fully confident that there is no violation of the Constitution anywhere in this. Parliament has full authority to amend the bill," Arjun Ram Meghwal told ANI.
On April 5, President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which Parliament passed during the Budget session.
The Law Ministry notifications, issued on Saturday, said that the President has given her assent to the two bills. The Rajya Sabha passed the Bill on Friday with 128 votes in favour and 95 against, while the Lok Sabha cleared the bill after a lengthy debate, with 288 members voting in favour and 232 opposing it.
Meanwhile, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, the largest body of Islamic scholars in India, has moved to the Supreme Court, challenging the "constitutional validity" of the new law.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan and others also approached the Supreme Court.
Earlier today, the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly descended into chaos after members of NC and its allies protested against the enactment of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. They also protested Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather's decision to reject their adjournment motion on the Act.
As the session began, Opposition MLAs rose to demand a discussion on the recent amendments made to the Waqf Act, voicing concerns over its implications. However, Speaker Rather maintained that the matter could not be taken up under an adjournment motion since it was currently sub judice.