The Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was tabled in Parliament on Thursday amid uproar.
The report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill was tabled by BJP member Medha Vishram Kulkarni, a member of the panel, in Rajya Sabha.
JPC chairman and BJP MP Jagadambika Pal tabled the bill in the Lok Sabha after it was adjourned till 2 pm amid Opposition sloganeering against the report.
In the Rajya Sabha, Opposition MPs alleged that the JPC on the Waqf Bill is "biased" and "one-sided", adding that the dissent notes submitted by the panel members weren't included in the panel's report. Union Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju, however, rejected the charge.The tabling of the report was followed by uproar by members from the opposition benches, prompting Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to briefly adjourn the House.
When the House reconvened, opposition MPs said their dissent notes were redacted from the report while the government denied the charge. The opposition members then staged a walkout.
“In the JPC report on the Waqf Board, many members have their dissent report. It is not right to remove those notes and bulldoze our views. This is anti-democratic and condemnable. Stockholders were called from outside and their statements were taken. I condemn any report that has been presented after deleting the dissent reports,” said Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said.Calling it a "fake report", he added that it should be withdrawn and sent back to a committee.
"We will never accept such fake reports. If the report does not have dissent views, it should be sent back and presented again," Kharge said.