The Lok Sabha has approved the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to examine the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju proposed the names of 21 Lok Sabha Members for the JPC and also requested the Rajya Sabha to recommend 10 of its Members to join the committee.
Among the Lok Sabha Members appointed to the JPC are Gaurav Gogoi, Imran Masood, Krishna Devarayulu, Mohd Javed, Kalyan Banerjee, Jagadambika Pal, Nishikant Dubey, Tejaswi Surya, Dilip Saikia, A Raja, Dileshwar Kamait, Arvind Sawant, Naresh Maske, Arun Bharti, and Asaduddin Owaisi.
Other members are Aparajita Sarangi, Sanjay Jaiswal, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, DK Aruna, Mohammad Jawed, Maulana Mohibullah Nadvi, Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, and Suresh Gopinath.
#WATCH | In Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju proposes the names of 21 Lok Sabha MPs for JPC into Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024; also asks Rajya Sabha to recommend the names of 10 Members to be appointed to the JPC.
The proposal has been passed by the House. pic.twitter.com/Y3Af3ucDQR
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The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, was referred to the JPC after intense debate. The government asserted that the proposed amendments aim to bring necessary reforms to the existing Waqf Act of 1995, while the opposition argued that the Bill targets Muslims and is an attack on the Constitution.
