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JPC chairman Jagdambika Pal arrives at Parliament to submit final report o
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal on Thursday arrived at the Parliament to meet the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and submit his committee's final report on the bill.
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"Report and revised amended bill, both will be adopted today": Waqf JPC Ch
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Tuesday cleared the Waqf Bill 1995 with 25 amendments across 14 clauses/sections.
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Implementation of UCC in Uttarakhand undemocratic, unconstitutional: All I
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"The UCC law in Uttarakhand is undemocratic, unconstitutional and an assault on the fundamental rights of citizens. Therefore, it is absolutely unacceptable to us," AIMPLB said in a press release.
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"Bill will address basic societal needs," says Muslim Rashtriya Manch hail
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch National Convener Shahid Sayeed on Tuesday hailed the clearance of the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) saying that the bill will serve as an effective means to address basic societal needs while empowering the underprivileged and
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Polit Bureau of CPI (M) disapproves move by JPC Chairman for Waqf
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in a statement strongly disapproved the move by the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for the Waqf Bill and said that the Chairman of the committee had chosen a flimsy ground to suspend all the members of the JPC be
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"They tried to weaken democracy": Jagdambika Pal slams Opposition for 'sta
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"I allowed all the JPC members to put forth their views. When I tried to answer their questions, they (opposition MPs) started sloganeering, making noise and using unparliamentary words," Pal said.
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"From opposing BJP, opposition has now resorted to opposing country": BJP'
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sanjay Jaiswal has slammed the opposition over the ruckus during the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, and said that from opposing BJP and NDA, the opposition has now resorted to "opposing the country."
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"Govt wants to bulldoze it": Suspended MPs react after chaos at JPC meetin
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
After being suspended from the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the opposition MPs on Friday reacted sharply, alleging that the dates for the meeting were announced without prior notice. They also claimed that the government's actions were viola
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BJP calls TMC's Kalyan Banerjee "not fit for the Parliament"
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
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
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"The amendments are unacceptable": Mirwaiz Umar Farooq opposes proposed am
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the Head of Mutahida Majlis-E-Ulema, voiced strong opposition to the proposed amendments to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, during his meeting with the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Wednesday.
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Next meeting of JPC on Waqf Bill to be held on January 27
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
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," which prevented the meeting from continuing.
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JPC meeting on Waqf (Amendment) Bill underway in Lucknow
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali said, " Today the joint parliamentary committee on Waqf (Amendment) has come to Lucknow. We, members of various Muslim organisations have come here, we will put forward our points and we are confident that our issues will be heard and action will be t
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