Asad Rehman
Journalist, National Bureau at The Indian Express
Journalist. National Bureau @IndianExpress. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Asad Rehman
HAVING joined the Congress less than two months ago, Anil Jaihind was on Thursday evening named the chairman of the party’s OBC Department. The surprise appointment follows the steep rise of Jaihind, 68, within the Congress and his growing proximity to Rahul Gandhi, as the brain behind the Samvidhan Sammelan meetings being held by the party.
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2 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Asad Rehman
With the BJP’s NDA ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) supporting the Waqf Amendment Bill, which has been passed by Parliament earlier this week, there seems to be a growing resentment in a section of the party’s Muslim leaders over its stand. RLD leader Shahzeb Rizvi has become its first Muslim face to resign in protest against party chief and Union minister Jayant Chaudhary’s decision to back the Waqf Bill, even as some other Muslim party leaders may also follow suit in the coming days, sources said.
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2 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Asad Rehman
Congress MP Mohammad Jawed who on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Bill is the party’s chief whip in Parliament. A veteran Muslim leader and four-time MLA, he earned that post due to his feat of winning his last two Lok Sabha elections from Bihar, despite his party struggling in the state.
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3 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Asad Rehman
After Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that the Delhi Waqf Board had made claims on several buildings, including the Parliament complex, the Board’s CEO said he did not know about any such claim and would have to verify it, while another official said the minister’s statement was “not true”. Opening the debate on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Lower House, Rijiju said, “A case has been going on since 1970 in Delhi.
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3 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Asad Rehman
STARTING the Waqf (Amendment) Bill debate for the Opposition Wednesday, Congress Deputy Lok Sabha leader Gaurav Gogoi reiterated the INDIA bloc’s concern that the Joint Committee of Parliament formed to examine the Bill did not discuss it clause-by-clause. “Clause-by-clause discussion, which should have happened in the Joint Committee of Parliament, was not done.
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