The government on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha the contentious Constitution (One Hundred and TwentyNinth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which propose to usher in the one nation, one election format, and then referred them to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC), which is being constituted, for further scrutiny and … Read more
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday welcomed the extension granted to the joint parliamentary committee examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and said it would enable many more stakeholders, including states, to place their views. The Lok Sabha on Thursday adopted a resolution to extend the tenure of the Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill … Read more
Last Updated:November 09, 2024, 11:47 IST According to the report, of the estimated value of Rs 410 lakh crore in Waqf properties, Rs 2 lakh crore has “either been encroached upon or sold by successive Waqf Board chairmen and members” Waqf JPC Chairman Jagdambika Pal shows a petition he received after a meeting with local … Read more
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday said in Kolkata that the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) members from the Opposition will boycott the meetings starting from November 9. Banerjee was recently suspended for a day following his altercation during a JPC meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. Meanwhile, seven Opposition lawmakers on Monday threatened … Read more
New Delhi: Three BJP MPs have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla demanding filing of an FIR against Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee and his immediate suspension from the House, a day after Banerjee was suspended for a day from the parliamentary panel on Waqf (Amendment) Bill. Describing his conduct in the meeting of the … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party’s MP Tejasvi Surya on Thursday claimed that the opposition tried to disrupt the proceedings of the joint parliamentary committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill meeting, physically and verbally threatened both the witness and the Chairperson, and tore up committee documents. BJP MP Surya wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla … Read more
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 on Friday met representatives of the Gujarat government and those from other entities as part of its nationwide consultation on the proposed legislation. Gujarat minister of state for home Harsh Sanghavi presented the state government’s suggestions to the JPC, which is meeting representatives in a … Read more
Members of Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill leave after a meeting at Parliament on September 19. (Image: PTI) The Pasmanda Samaj explained during the meeting as to how no development had taken place for the community in decades. A panel led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagdambika Pal met on Thursday in … Read more
A meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, scheduled for today has been postponed due to some technical reasons. As per the new schedule, the meeting will now be held on September 19 and 20, 2024. A meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: Stepping up its attack on the PM Narendra Modi government over the Hindenburg Research’s allegations against SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch, the Congress on Monday threatened to launch a nationwide protest if its demand for a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) probe into the matter is not accepted. AICC general secretary (Organisation), K C Venugopal, described … Read more
