🦩A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Monday cleared the hyped Waqf Amendment Bill with 14 changes to the draft that was tabled in the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session last year.
♋All the 44 amendments proposed by the opposition MPs were rejected by the committee, led by BJP's Jagadambika Pal.
෴However, opposition MPs decried the meeting's proceedings and accused Pal of "subverting" the democratic process.
𝓡"It was a farcical exercise. We were not heard. Pal has acted in a dictatorial manner," TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee told reporters.
♒Pal rejected the charge and said the entire exercise was democratic, and the majority view prevailed.
꧅One of the more significant amendments proposed by the committee is that the existing Waqf properties cannot be questioned on the grounds of 'Waqf by user,' which existed in the current law but will be omitted in the new version if the properties are being used for religious purposes.
Pal said the amendments moved by the NDA ไmembers in 14 of the Bill's clauses have been accepted.
🐟Opposition members moved hundreds of amendments in all 44 clauses, and all of them were defeated by vote, he added.
(Inputs With PTI)
