Waqf Bill Passed in Lok Sabha: Sonia Gandhi Warns of ‘Permanent Polarisation’ & ‘End of Constitution’

Waqf Bill Passed in Lok Sabha: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday came down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party on the issue of the Waqf Amendment Bill, a legislation she termed a "brazen assault on the Constitution of India".

Addressing the CPP General Body meeting at the Central Hall of Parliament, Gandhi said that the "Bill was bulldozed through" and claimed it to be part of a deliberate strategy of the BJP to cause polarization in society.

"Yesterday, the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 was passed in the Lok Sabha and today it is scheduled to come up in the Rajya Sabha. The bill was in effect bulldozed through. Our party’s position is clear. The Bill is a brazen assault on the Constitution itself. It is very much part of the BJP’s deliberate strategy to keep our society in a state of permanent polarization," Sonia Gandhi said.

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The CPP chairperson also referred to the One Nation, One Election Bill and said it was "another subversion of the Constitution".

"We strongly oppose this legislation as well," she said referring to the Narendra Modi government's ONOE plan.

Sonia Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is dragging country into an abyss where Constitution will remain on paper. She added their “intention is to demolish” the Constitution.

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The Lok Sabha passed the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 in the early hours of Thursday after a marathon and heated debate during which members of opposition bloc ‘INDIA’ fiercely opposed the legislation while BJP and its allies in denied claims of it being ‘anti-Muslim’, saying it will bring transparency and enhance the efficiency of Waqf boards.

Sonia Gandhi, at a Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meet on Thursdaym asked the party MPs to “expose Modi government's intention to turn India into surveillance state”.

Further, Sonia Gandhi also said that the ‘One Nation, One Election Bill’ is “another subversion of Constitution”, adding that the party strongly opposes this legislation.

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