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The motion was passed by voice vote in the absence of opposition members, who had walked out of the meeting earlier in the day. (PTI data map)
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was referred to the Joint Committee of the House of Representatives, which consists of 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Federal House
The Upper House on Friday passed a motion to nominate 10 members of the Lok Sabha, including four members from the Bharatiya Janata Party and one member each from the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party, for the Waqf (Amendment) 2024 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Bills.
When the House reconvened in the afternoon after multiple adjournments, Parliamentary Affairs Minister and Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju moved a motion to nominate members to the Joint Committee on the Waqf Endowments (Amendment) Bill, 2024 , and agreed with the House of Commons’ recommendation that the House of Lords join the Joint Committee.
He also proposed to nominate 10 members of the Federal House of Representatives to serve on the above-mentioned joint committee.
Members include Brij Lal, Medha Vishram Kulkarni, Gulam Ali, Radha Mohan Das Agrawal (all BJP), Syed Naseer Hussain (Congress), Mohammed Nadimul Haque (AITC), V Vijayasai Reddy (YSRCP), M Mohamed Abdulla (DMK ), Sanjay Singh (AAP) and nominated member Dharmasthala Veerendra Heggade.
The motion was passed by voice vote in the absence of opposition members, who had walked out of the meeting earlier in the day.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was referred to the Joint Committee of the House of Representatives, which consists of 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Federal House. The group is tasked with delivering its report by the last day of the first week of the next parliamentary session.
The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday and was referred to a joint parliamentary group after a heated debate. The government claims the proposed law is not intended to interfere with the operation of mosques, while the opposition calls it targeting Muslims and an attack on the constitution.
(This report has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from United News Agency-PTI)
