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BJP-led NDA amendments accepted, Opposition’s defeated in Waqf committee

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BJP-led NDA amendments accepted, Opposition’s defeated in Waqf committee

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

Opposition MPs threatening Jagadambika Pal, witness at Waqf panel meet: Tejasvi Surya to LS Speaker

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Opposition MPs threatening Jagadambika Pal, witness at Waqf panel meet: Tejasvi Surya to LS Speaker

BJP leader Tejasvi Surya has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla alleging some opposition members threatened Jagadambika Pal, the chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill, and a witness during a sitting of the panel, and also tore up documents. Surya, a two-term MP from Bengaluru South, claimed the opposition … Read more