Govt likely to table Waqf Bill in House on April 2

The Union government may bring The Waqf (Amendments) Bill for passage in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday in the last week of the budget session amid a stiff resistance from the Opposition parties.

- Saubhadra Chatterji and Smriti Kak Ramachandran

NEW DELHI:

Urging lawmakers to participate in the discussion on the Bill, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said: "It is my special appeal to everybody, when we are preparing to bring Bill, they must participate in the debate and discussions."

The Lok Sabha's Business Advisory Committee (BAC) — the Speaker Om Birla-led panel that decides weekly agenda of the Lower House — is likely to meet on Tuesday and may discuss the schedule of the Waqf bill debate.

With four days left in the session, the government plans to pass a few more bills and has listed The Coastal Shipping Bill and The Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Tribes in Assembly Constituencies of the State of Goa Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

In the Rajya Sabha, the government has listed The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025 and The "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University Bill, 2025 for passage on Tuesday.

But all eyes are on the Waqf amendment bill.