Kochi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee, set up to review the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, adopted all the amendments proposed by the ruling NDA members and rejected changes suggested by the opposition parties, media reports said.
The committee discussed a total of 44 amendments over six months.
Jagdambika Pal of the BJP is heading the panel.
The legislation aims to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, to bring changes in the powers of state Waqf boards, survey of waqf properties and removal of encroachments.
The opposition MPs slammed the meeting’s proceedings, accusing the JPC chairman of behaving in an un
democratic manner.
Kalyan Banerjee, TMC, alleged that the opposition was not allowed to speak.
Voting to confirm acceptance of the 14 changes will take place January 29, and the final report will be submitted by January 31.
The committee was supposed to file the report by November 29 but that deadline was extended to February 13.
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