Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday criticized Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's reply to the Union Budget debate in the Lok Sabha and said it was "politically motivated, biased, and unsatisfactory".
Opposition MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Md. Nadimul Haque protested the expunction of their dissent notes on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, accusing the committee chairperson of arbitrary action without justification.
The JPC Chairperson, Jagdambika Pal, stated that the amendments were accepted based on a majority vote, with 16 members supporting the changes and 10 opposing them.
Following the suspension of Kaylan Banerjee, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Agnimitra Paul criticised TMC's disruption tactics. Paul claimed that this was not the f
Pal said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey moved a motion to suspend the opposition MPs for creating a "ruckus" after they resorted to "shouting" and "sloganeering" while not allowing the meeting to continue.
Banerjee said that the subject and dates for the meeting were changed after they landed in Delhi for the meeting. The TMC MP accused the government of "hurrying" owing to the upcoming assembly polls in the national capital, which are scheduled to be held on February 5.
Member of Waqf bill JPC and TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Saturday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should clarify his stand on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and tell whether he supports the bill or not.
The Joint Parliamentary Committee consists of members from Lok Sabha including Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manish Tewari, NCP's Supriya Sule, TMC's Kalyan Banerjee and BJP's PP Chaudhary, Bansuri Swaraj and Anurag Singh Thakur.
The Joint Parliamentary Committee consists of members from Lok Sabha including Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manish Tewari, NCP's Supriya Sule, TMC's Kalyan Banerjee and BJP's PP Chaudhary, Bansuri Swaraj and Anurag Singh Thakur.