JPC chairman on Waqf (Amendment) Bill Jagdambika Pal and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday paid tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar on the occasion of 69th Mahaparinirvan Diwas.
Pal explained that the tenure of the committee has been extended till the next Parliament session and the meeting that was held today focused on addressing disputes over properties between Waqf and state governments adding that the next meeting of the committee will be held on December 11
After the Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were stopped from going to the violence-hit Sambhal, BJP leader and Chairman, of JPC on Waqf (Amendment) bill, Jagdambika Pal on Thursday said that he could have raised the issue in Parliament but he is "not intereste
"Kalyan Banerjee is a member of JPC (on Waqf Amendment Bill) and he should keep his views before the JPC and not give statements outside. If the government there in West Bengal is bringing a resolution against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, then it is an attack on the parliamentary democracy
BJP MP and a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill, Aparajita Sarangi alleged that every time JPC held meetings on the Waqf Amendment Bill, the opposition leaders created a ruckus and wanted an extension on the date of the presentation.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha did not transact any major business for the third successive day on Thursday following adjournments over opposition demands for discussion on the Adani issue, Sambhal violence and Manipur situation.
Opposing the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024, Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad on Thursday said that Waqf has provided education, food, clothes, etc. to poor children. He further added that any interference with the properties under Waqf won't be tolerated.
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.
Congress leader BK Hariprasad on Thursday, speaking to ANI, stated that "things should not be done from a communal angle" in reference to the JPC's proposed Waqf Amendment Bill tenure extension.