The Waqf Amendment Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha in the early hours of the morning at 2:33 AM, following a marathon 13-hour-long discussion. Out of 223 members present, 128 voted in favor of the bill, while 95 voted against it. Despite strong opposition and a heated debate, the bill cleared the Upper House after the Lok Sabha had already passed it the previous day.Before the final voting, opposition MPs proposed several amendments to the bill. However, all of them were rejected during the voting process. Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju, responding to the discussion, assured that not a single Muslim would be harmed by the provisions of the amendment.Interestingly, BJD MP Sasmit Patra voted against an amendment proposed by DMK’s Tiruchi Siva, signaling support for the bill, even though the BJD did not issue a party whip to its MPs.The bill now awaits the President’s assent to become law. It aims to bring greater transparency and regulation to waqf properties, but the opposition argues it could undermine minority rights and centralize control.
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00:00First of all, let's talk about the Waqf Amendment Bill, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha after Lok Sabha.
00:05After a discussion of about 13 hours, the Rajya Sabha voted and the Waqf Amendment Bill was passed by the House.
00:16After a 13-hour discussion, the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha at 2.33 pm.
00:23On the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill, 223 members of the Rajya Sabha voted.
00:27There were 128 votes in favour of the Bill, while 95 MPs voted against the Bill.
00:33Before voting on the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill, the House voted on the amendments brought by the opposition MPs.
00:40All the amendments of the opposition MPs were rejected in the Rajya Sabha.
00:44Before voting, the Rajya Sabha's Central Minority Minister Kiren Rijiju gave an answer to the discussion.
00:49Rijiju said that no Muslim will be harmed by the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill.
00:54No Muslim will be harmed by the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill in the future.
00:58BJD's Sashmit Patra voted against the amendments brought by Tiruchi Shiva.
01:03That is, he was seen in favour of the Bill.
01:05Biju Janta Dal had not issued a VIV for its MPs.
01:08Now this Bill will go to the President.
01:11After the President's approval, this law will be passed.
01:16After a 13-hour discussion, the Rajya Sabha voted on the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill.
01:20In the Rajya Sabha, the ministers of the Central Government told us why the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill is important.
01:25BJP President J.P. Nadda said that the Congress has made Muslims second-class citizens.
01:35When the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill was presented in the Rajya Sabha,
01:37the Minister of Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, told us why the Bill is important.
01:42You have scared us so much.
01:47We are not scaring Muslims.
01:50You are scaring us.
01:51BJP President and Central Minister J.P. Nadda said during a discussion on the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill
01:57that the Congress has made Muslims second-class citizens.
02:00Who has kept them separate for the last 70 years?
02:05Who has kept them separate?
02:07Who has kept them scared?
02:09Who has talked about behaving differently with them?
02:13During the discussion, BJP MP Radha Mohandas Agrawal compared the Waqf vote to the goons of old films.
02:20Just like the goons of old films,
02:22the woman they touched became theirs.
02:25In the same way, the Waqf votes worked like the mafia.
02:30The land they touched became theirs.
02:35Even in the Rajya Sabha, opposition MPs questioned the government's intention for the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill.
02:41Opposition MPs said that this Bill is against the Constitution.
02:44In the Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Abhishek Manohar Singh said that the Bill is snatching away the rights given by the Constitution.
02:49This Bill is not a law.
02:51It is an act in accordance with the law.
02:55This Bill is 100% against our Constitution,
02:59Article 26, Article 25, and Article 26 in particular.
03:04AAP MP Sanjay Singh said that the government is taking away everyone's land
03:08and giving it to its friends.
03:11AAP MP Sanjay Singh said that the government is taking away everyone's land
03:14and giving it to its friends.
03:26RJD MP Manoj Jha said that the government is doing as it pleases in the name of majority.
03:31We are with the Gurdwara, and they are with the Aryas.
03:34We are searching for things under an old mosque.
03:40In such an environment, the content of your Bill and the intent of your Bill
03:45raise both questions.
03:50In the Rajya Sabha, during the discussion on the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill,
03:52Opposition MPs said that no one will benefit from the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill.
03:55Opposition MPs also accused the government of doing Hindu-Muslim politics.
04:04During the discussion on the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill,
04:06AAP MP Ram Gopal Yadav said that the government should be lenient.
04:11Stay lenient.
04:13The situation is clear that all religions should be treated equally.
04:23Uddhav Gutwali Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that no one will benefit from the Bill.
04:28There is a lot of concern for poor Muslims in both parties.
04:34There is a lot of concern for Muslims in both parties.
04:38After listening to your speech, I felt that you are going to make Hindu-Pakistan.
04:43Sangsat Kapil Sibal said that the government which talks about One Nation, One Law,
04:47how can Hindu-Muslims donate?
04:50If there is to be One Nation, One Law,
04:52then tell me, what kind of law is this?
05:02During the discussion on the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill,
05:04MPs showed their poetry style.
05:08Congress MP Mallika Arjun Kharge showed her poetry style
05:10to the government, to the MPs, to the Central Minister,
05:12and to the MPs of Ram Das Aatvale.
05:21During the heated discussion on the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill,
05:24Congress MP Mallika Arjun Kharge showed her poetry style.
05:28Kharge said in her poetry style,
05:30that they talk about spring by setting fire.
05:52Central Minister Ram Das Aathavale also said her poetry style in the Rajya Sabha.
05:58Modi Ji is the most loyal to the Muslims.
06:01Kharge said, play the Jordaar Sali.
06:06I am supporting Modi Ji.
06:11That's why I am showing my hand to Congress.
06:15We will not go to anyone's shelter
06:18because the Minister of Minority is Riju Kiran.
06:23The Waqf Tanshodhan Bill has been passed by both the parliaments.
06:27But the opposition to the bill has not stopped.
06:29Many Muslim organizations are preparing to go to court
06:31and protest against the bill.
06:33On the other hand, the CM of West Bengal,
06:35Mamata Banerjee, has said that
06:37after the BJP government leaves,
06:39the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill will be cancelled.
06:46A protest has started on the streets
06:48against the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill.
06:50In Kolkata, the workers of the West Bengal
06:52Minority Youth Union took to the streets
06:54and opposed the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill.
06:56The CM of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee,
06:58has also opposed the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill.
07:00Mamata Banerjee has said that
07:02the government's agenda is to destroy and rule.
07:04One day they will go away
07:06and the other government will come
07:08and that time,
07:10must remember,
07:12there will be another amendment
07:14and it will be passed in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
07:16Muslim Dharmguru Kalbej Jawad has said
07:18that Chandrababu Naidu,
07:20who betrayed the Waqf Bill,
07:22and Nitish Kumar will be taught a lesson in the elections.
07:25Naidu did not betray.
07:27These were my sentences.
07:29If he did not betray,
07:31then the Waqf Bill will not be passed.
07:33But he betrayed.
07:35He will be punished in the elections
07:37that he will forget to betray in the future.
07:39Jamia Tulema-e-Hind has said
07:41that the Waqf Tanshodhan Bill
07:43will go to the High Court and Supreme Court.
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