India, April 2 -- The Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), both part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and the INDIA bloc, have issued a whip for their MPs over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill which will be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. The NCP (SP) has asked its legislators to vote against the bill while Sena (UBT) has asked all MPs to be present in the house but not declared its stand on the bill.

A Shiv Sena (UBT) MP confirmed that the party had issued a whip. "We have been asked by party to remain present in the Lok Sabha," he said. They party's stand on the bill would be decided based whether changes suggested by it have been incorporated in the provisions, he added.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, chief minister ...