Parliament session 2025 : Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm after opposition raised slogans against JPC report on Wakf Amendment Bill. Today the Finance Minister can present a new Income Tax Bill in the Lok Sabha. This bill will replace the old Income Tax Bill 1961.
Today is the last day of the first part of the budget session in Parliament. Also a very important day in Parliament as it is expected that the new income tax bill will be presented.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the new income tax bill in the Lok Sabha. She had announced this in her budget session speech itself. It is believed that this 622-page bill will replace the 60-year-old Income Tax Act 1961.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said that the opposition will not accept the JPC report on the Waqf Bill presented in the House. He urged the chairman to send it back for discussion. Kharge said, ‘No statement of any party has been taken on the Waqf Bill.
We will not accept the fake JPC report on Waqf. Our demand is that the dissenting views should be included in the JPC report. You have the right to do so. This is against the Constitution. The voice of the opposition is being suppressed.’ he said.