Ruckus in JPC meeting on Waqf Bill, 10 opposition MPs including Asaduddin Owaisi suspended from committee membership for the day
New Delhi. There was a lot of uproar in the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Amendment Bill on Friday. Seeing the uproar not stopping, 10 MPs of the committee were suspended from the membership of the committee for the whole day. Earlier during the meeting, opposition members claimed that they were not being given enough time to study the proposed changes in the draft law. Today, the JPC headed by BJP MP Jagdambika Pal was to hear the views of the delegation led by Kashmir's Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
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All 10 opposition MPs suspended for the day
After the uproar in the meeting, all 10 opposition MPs were suspended for the day from the meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024. The suspended opposition MPs include Kalyan Banerjee, Mohammad Javed, A Raja, Asaduddin Owaisi, Nasir Hussain, Mohibullah, M Abdullah, Arvind Sawant, Nadimul Haq, Imran Masood.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey presented suspension motion
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey presented a proposal to suspend the opposition members. This was accepted by the committee. BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi claimed that the conduct of the opposition members was shameful as they were continuously creating ruckus and using unparliamentary language during the meeting.
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Ruckus in discussion before calling Mirwaiz
Before calling Mirwaiz, the committee members discussed among themselves and during this there was an uproar in the meeting with the opposition leaders. Opposition members claimed that in view of the Delhi Assembly elections, BJP is insisting on early acceptance of the report on the Waqf Amendment Bill. Due to heated debate during the meeting, the proceedings were adjourned for some time. The Mirwaiz-led delegation appeared before the committee after it resumed its meeting.
round of allegations and counter-allegations
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee and Congress's Syed Nasir Hussain walked out of the meeting. He said that the proceedings of the committee have become a farce. He demanded that the meeting to be held on January 27 to consider the proposed amendments section-wise should be postponed to January 30 or January 31. Nishikant Dubey criticized the opposition members and said that their conduct is against parliamentary tradition and they are trying to suppress the voice of the majority.
What did Mirwaiz say?
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Before appearing before the committee, Mirwaiz said that he strongly opposes the Waqf Amendment Bill and supports non-interference of the government in matters of religion. We hope that our suggestions will be heard and implemented. No such step should be taken which would make Muslims feel uncomfortable. This is the first time that Mirwaiz, chief of the almost defunct separatist group Hurriyat Conference, has stepped out of the Kashmir Valley after the special status of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state was abolished.
Environment like undeclared emergency: Banerjee
Kalyan Banerjee (Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee) said that an atmosphere like undeclared emergency is going on in the meeting. The Chairman is taking this meeting forward and he is not listening to anyone. We were told that the meeting would be held on January 24 and 25. Now the agenda for today's meeting has been changed from clause by clause discussion.
Nishikant Dubey surrounded Owaisi
Nishikant Dubey said that the people of the opposition, especially Owaisi Saheb, think that we did not hear the full representation of Jammu and Kashmir and called Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Just to listen to him, the JPC Chairman adjourned the meeting and discussed section wise. Today the thinking and viewpoint of the opposition has been exposed. They created ruckus and misbehaved in front of Mirwaiz. This is against parliamentary democracy.
He said that even if there was a meeting today and tomorrow for section-wise discussion, there would have been another meeting on January 27 or January 28. The meeting was already scheduled for January 27. The opposition wants to suppress the voice of the majority. Most of the members have suggested holding the meeting on January 27. We will submit the report to the Speaker on January 29. Whenever I have taken the mic to speak in the JPC, the opposition has always tried to suppress my voice.
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