Amid opposition alleging that their dissent notes were not included in the Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) report on the Waqf bill tabled in Parliament, Independent MP from Purnea Pappu Yadav said that the House will not function if issues brought up by the opposition are ignored.
The leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the President's rule imposed in Manipur. Kharge said that suspending his own party's government is a direct admission that it has failed th
"I stand here today not just as a representative of Odisha but as the voice of a state that has been abandoned by this Union Budget! This is not just neglect - this is an affront to four and a half crore people of Odisha," Patra said while speaking in Rajya Sabha.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till March 10 on Thursday with the JPC report on the Waqf Amendment Bill tabled in Parliament and the two Houses completing debate on the Union Budget with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replying to marathon discussion.
Congress MP Imran Masood thinks the Waqf (Amendment) Bill is an attack on rights enshrined in the Constitution, suppressing the rights of minorities. The report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) was tabled in Lok Sabha before being tabled in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
TMC MP Sushmita Dev on Thursday raised concerns over the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) report on the Waqf Bill presented in the Rajya Sabha, alleging that the dissent note was censored, with portions of it being hidden using "black ink or white paper."
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday expressed his disappointment alleging the deletion of dissent notes from the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which was tabled in the Rajya Sabha today.
Congress National President and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Thursday opposed the JPC report, alleging that dissent notes from Opposition members were removed.
Opposition MPs alleged that the JPC on the Waqf Bill is "biased" and "one-sided," adding that the dissent notes submitted by the panel members weren't included in the JPC report.