The Joint Committee of Parliament scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday adopted its draft report and the amended version of the proposed law with a majority vote, JPC chairperson Jagdambika Pal said.
MPs have been given time till 4 pm to submit their dissent. Voting ends on the Youth and the Nation: Opposing MPs, some of whom have already filed their dissent, have trashed the exercise as undemocratic, alleging they were given little time to study the final report and frame their dissent notes.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant said all opposition members will give their dissent. Pal is likely to submit the amended version of the proposed law to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was sent to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on August 8, 2024. It was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju.
The Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, makes an attempt to alter the Waqf Act, 1995.
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