The Janata Dal (United) said on Tuesday that the changes suggested by it have been accepted by the Joint Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and accused the opposition of politicising the issue. The BJP’s allies like the Telugu Desam Party, JD(U) and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) had come around to endorsing … Read more
The Joint Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Monday adopted all amendments proposed by the ruling BJP-led NDA members and negated every change moved by opposition members. The committee chairman Jagdambika Pal told reporters after the meeting that amendments adopted by the committee will make the law better and more effective. However, opposition … Read more
Last Updated:January 27, 2025, 10:42 IST The Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, was introduced in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session in 2024 Owaisi, the five-time Member of Parliament from Hyderabad, has been sending in his objection to the Bill in a written format to the committee chairman in every meeting. (PTI) AIMIM president and … Read more
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
