The Lok Sabha adopted the motion to extend the term of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (amendment) bill on Thursday and to present their report at the end of the 2025 budget session instead.
As the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) seeks an extension on examining the Waqf (amendment) Bill and consult more stakeholders, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called it an "anti federal bill" in the state's assembly on Thursday.
The bill to amend the Waqf Act is unlikely to be taken up in the winter session of Parliament, with the joint committee set up to examine it set to seek an extension to present its report
Jagdambika Pal, Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Waqf Amendment Bill 2024, on Saturday met Muslim delegations ahead of the winter session of the Parliament.
Amid the demand of opposition members to extend the time of the Joint Parliament Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, JPC chairman Jagdambika Pal on Thursday said that their report is ready and they'll hold clause-by-clause discussions on it.
The JPC committee is expected to present its report on the bill to the House by the end of the first week of the Winter Session of Parliament, which will run from November 25 to December 20.
Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Amendment Bill, Jagdambika Pal on Thursday said that the JPC on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 will meet in Delhi on November 21 and then the report will be presented in the winter session.
Speaking to ANI, Jagdambika Pal said that due to elections being held in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, as well as by-elections in several states, many MPs have requested me to pause the study tour.
Members of the JPC have requested the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, Jagdambika Pal, to postpone the study tour due to the assembly elections.
BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi, a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, on Monday emphasized the committee's commitment to respecting every opinion and ideology on the bill. The JPC has been working diligently, with over 100 hours of discussion and 25