Opposition MPs stage protest in Parliament complex against FCRA amendment bill

New Delhi: Several Opposition MPs led by the Congress staged a protest in Parliament House complex on Wednesday against the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, and demanded that the proposed legislation be withdrawn.

Displaying a huge banner which had 'Stop Targeting NGOs and Institutions' written on it, the MPs raised slogans against the government and demanded the withdrawal of the Bill.

Several Congress MPs, SP's Dimple Yadav and Ram Gopal Yadav, IUML's ET Mohammad Basheer, NCP(SP)'s Supriya Sule and RSP's NK Premchandran, among others, participated in the protest.

The Congress on Tuesday had claimed that the BJP is planning to "bulldoze" FCRA amendments in Parliament and said it would not allow the "blatantly unconstitutional" and "draconian bill" to be passed.

Congress general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal had said party MPs have been urgently asked to reach Delhi and attend Parliament on Wednesday.

The bill to amend the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25, with the government making it clear that individuals engaging in forced religious conversion through foreign funding will not be spared.

Introducing the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai had stated that the legislation aims to enhance transparency and ensure proper utilisation of funds received from abroad.

Earlier on Tuesday, Union minister Kiren Rijiju asserted that the FCRA amendment Bill only seeks to stop the use of foreign funding against national security and interests and not to target any religious organisation.

Speaking to reporters at the BJP headquarters, Rijiju had slammed the Congress and Left parties, accusing them of spreading falsehood on the proposed amendment in the FCRA.

Their claims about the Bill are "completely false, fabricated and misleading", the BJP leader had said.