Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Dimple Yadav on Thursday asserted that the entire opposition is united against the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Medha Vishram Kulkarni presented the report. She also tabled a copy of the record of evidence given before the panel on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
The Hyderabad MP also questioned the basis on which Naidu's Telugu Desam Party is supporting the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in the wake of this decision.
Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday warned the government against tabling the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in its current form, saying that it would lead to social instability in the country.
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 report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 will not be tabled in the House on Monday, according to the list of businesses. The report was presented to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on January 30, 2025.
Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain accused the Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 of censoring his dissent note without his knowledge, calling it an attempt to silence Opposition voices.
Jagdambika Pal, the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, along with BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal, will present the report (Hindi and English versions) of the Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.