The NDA authorities on Thursday introduced the report of the joint committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Modification) Invoice within the Rajya Sabha amid big uproar from the Opposition events. The report was already submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on January 30.
Talking within the Rajya Sabha, Chief of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge rejected the report saying that the occasion ‘won’t ever settle for such stories’. “Many MPs have given their dissent notes within the JPC of the Waqf Board, however they had been faraway from the proceedings. That is undemocratic. This Home won’t settle for this faux report. I request that if the dissent notes have been faraway from it, then the report must be despatched again to JPC and it must be introduced once more after incorporating the dissent notes of the Members of Parliament. If the federal government does something unconstitutional, we’ll increase our voice in opposition to injustice within the curiosity of the nation,” stated Kharge On X as properly.
Samajwadi Get together MP Dimple Yadav stated the opposition is united in opposition to the invoice. “We’re opposing this invoice. Your entire opposition is united on this. There could also be some events from the ruling aspect which may be with us on this,” stated Dimple Yadav.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant alleged that clause-by-clause discussions had been by no means held. “The committee was fashioned to debate the clause b clause provisions made within the Invoice… The JPC chairman must be requested if the solutions given by the witnesses got to the JPC members. No, they weren’t. Clause-by-clause discussions had been by no means held within the conferences of the JPC. Due to this, we gave a dissent observe. They’ve eliminated the dissent observe we gave. We’re in opposition to the Waqf report back to be tabled at the moment,” stated Sawant.
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev additionally opposed the invoice. “If you happen to see, they’ve censored utilizing black ink or white paper the dissent observe on high of the committee report, which has been tabled at the moment. If we think about this nation a democracy, then everybody’s opinion should be seen. How are you going to conceal our opinions? Now we have protested in opposition to this in Rajya Sabha at the moment,” she stated.
Then again, the BJP defended the report. BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi stated, “Since I’ve been part of the JPC, I can say with all conviction that the preparation of the 655-page report has been a meticulous train… The federal government of PM Narendra Modi needs correct administration of the Waqf properties… Jagdambika Pal has included the notes of the Opposition who had been part of the JPC… It’s with a noble trigger that PM Modi’s authorities has introduced this modification…”
Congress MP KC Venugopal additionally slammed the Centre and stated that the best way by which the JPC performed, it “was incorrect.” The JPC on the Waqf (Modification) Invoice adopted the draft report and the amended revised invoice on January 29. Nevertheless, opposition leaders submitted their dissent notes on the report which was later expunged from the ultimate model.
The Waqf Act of 1995, enacted to control Waqf properties, has lengthy been criticised for points comparable to mismanagement, corruption, and encroachments. The Waqf (Modification) Invoice, 2024 goals to deal with these challenges by introducing reforms comparable to digitisation, enhanced audits, improved transparency, and authorized mechanisms to reclaim illegally occupied properties.
