Opposition MPs boycott meeting of Waqf Bill parliamentary committee
The legislators said that the panel, headed by veteran BJP leader Jagdambika Pal, was not functioning as per the rules.
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Several Opposition MPs on Monday boycotted a meeting of a joint parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing the Waqf Amendment Bill, alleging that the panel was not functioning as per rules, reported The Hindu.
The protesting legislators who stormed out of the meeting are Gaurav Gogoi and Imran Masood of the Congress, A Raja of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Arvind Sawant of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi, the Samajwadi Party’s Mohibbullah and Sanjay Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party, the newspaper reported.
“We have boycotted because the committee is not functioning with the principles and norms of the committee,” Sawant was later quoted as saying by India Today. “Ethically and principally they are wrong.”
The panel is headed by veteran Bharatiya Janata Party MP Jagdambika Pal.
Sawant also claimed that allegations targeting veteran Opposition leaders, including Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, were made during the meeting.
India Today reported that the controversy erupted after a presentation made by Anwar Manippadi, the former chairman of the Karnataka State Minorities Commission.
A waqf is a property given for a religious, educational or charitable cause to Muslims. In India, waqfs are governed under the Waqf Act. Each state has a Waqf Board led by a legal entity that is vested with the power to acquire, hold and...
