During the Winter Session, the Centre is expected to introduce the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.
The Winter Session of Parliament will be held from November 25 to December 20, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said in a post on X Tuesday afternoon.
This will be the first Parliament after four state assembly elections, including the first in a decade in Jammu and Kashmir in which the BJP finished behind the National Conference-Congress alliance. The BJP, however, secured a victory revenge in Haryana for a historic third successive term.
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The third and fourth elections – for Maharashtra, where the BJP is allied with Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction and the NCP group led by Ajit Pawar, and Jharkhand, where Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, a member of the Congress-led INDIA bloc, is in power – will be held next week.
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A special event – to be held in the Central Hall – will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution will be held on the second day of the session – November 26, or Constitution Day.
During the Winter Session, the Centre is expected to introduce the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. The Bill, which was referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee, has led to many Opposition leaders expressing their reservations on the amendment.
The Opposition members of the Waqf JPC have threatened to “disassociate” from the panel, accusing its chairperson and BJP leader Jagdambika Pal of “bulldozing the proceedings” and “stonewalling” them. The committee — tasked to scrutinise the Bill to amend the law governing Waqf boards — has witnessed stormy scenes since the first meeting on August 22.
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Among the big-ticket bills likely to be tabled and/or debated or discussed might also include the provisions for the government’s ambitious ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal.
As far as the ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal goes, a committee led by former President Ram Nath Kovind cleared the way forward in March, submitting a report that proposed simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the first step.
Another major row likely to headline the Winter Session is the ongoing diplomatic row between India and Canada.
In the last Parliament session, the Monsoon Session, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget and MPs discussed various issues, including the landslides in Wayanad in Kerala.
