10 opposition MPs suspended from Waqf JPC meeting

Ten opposition members attending the parliamentary panel meeting on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 were suspended for a day on Friday amid protests and accusations against Chairman Jagdambika Pal of steam rolling through the proceedingsThe meeting began on a stormy note with the opposition members accusing the chairman of steam rolling through the proceedingsWhile opposition members accused Pal of reducing the proceedings to a farce and alleged that he was acting on the governments directions the chairman slammed their conduct aimed at disrupting the meetingPal accused Trinamool Congress TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee of hurling abuses at him and said he strove to bring the meeting to order adjourning it twice but in vainBJP member Nishikant Dubey moved the motion for suspending the opposition members which was adopted by the committeeThe suspended members include Banerjee and Nadeemul Haque Trinamool Congress Mohammad Jawed Imran Masood and Syed Naseer Hussain Congress A Raja and Mohamed Abdullah DMK Asaduddin Owaisi AIMIM Mohibullah SP and Arvind Sawant Shiv SenaUBTThe suspension of the opposition members came on a day when a delegation from Jammu and Kashmir led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq the religious head of Kashmir appeared before the Joint Committee to share their concerns about the draft legislationNext meet on January 27The next meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC is scheduled to be held on January 27 officials saidOfficial sources said the committee will be adopting its final report on January 29Meanwhile the oppsoition members demanded that the meeting scheduled for January 27 for examining the proposed amendments clausebyclause be deferred to January 30 or January 31The ten opposition members were suspended as protests and unruly scenes continued at the meeting of the Committee which had reconvened after a brief adjournmentThe Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 was referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC on August 8 2024 following its introduction in the Lok Sabha by Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren RijijuThe bill aims to amend the Waqf Act 1995 to address issues and challenges in regulating and managing Waqf propertiesAug 8Day Bill was referred to JPC in 2024This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever