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New Delhi: A 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee including 21 Lok Sabha MPs and 10 Rajya Sabha MPs has been constituted to look into the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
This comes a day after, Kiren Rijiju on Thursday introduced The Waqf (Amendment) Bill and proposed sending it to a joint parliamentary committee after Opposition parties objected to its provision.
Notably, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Congress MP Imran Masood have also been included in the committee.
Opposition parties including the Congress, DMK, NCP, Trinamool Congress and AIMIM strongly opposed the introduction of the bill, saying its provisions were against federalism and the constitutional provisions. While some members demanded the withdrawal of the bill, many suggested that should be sent to a standing committee.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Waqf Act provides for the renaming of the Waqf Act, 1995, as the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995.
The Lok Sabha adopted a motion naming 21 of its members to be part of a Joint Committee of Houses to examine the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The members include Jagdambika Pal, Nishikant Dubey, Tejasvi Surya, Dilip Saikia, Gourav Gogoi, Imran Masood, Mohammed Jawed, Kalyan Banerjee, and Asaduddin Owaisi, among others. The Committee will also include 10 members from the Rajya Sabha. Moving the motion in the Lower House, Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Minister.
Kiren Rijiju said the Committee will submit its report to the Lok Sabha by the last day of the first week of the next session.
