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New Delhi: The second meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), formed to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Bill ( bill) 2024 in detail, was also uproarious. In this marathon meeting held on Friday, there was a heated debate between BJP and opposition MPs regarding the bill. Apart from this, Muslim organizations also strongly opposed the bill and called it illegal and said that the government should not interfere in it. Muslim organizations invited to the meeting to present their side on the bill opposed the bill. The next meeting of the JPC will be held on 5 and 6 September.
‘Waqf is a matter of Muslims’
The All India Sunni Jamiat-e-Ulema, called in the JPC meeting by the Muslim organization, opposed the bill and said that they do not approve of the amendment in the Waqf laws. He said that Waqf is a matter of Muslims and the government should not interfere in it. At the same time, the Indian Muslim for Civil Rights organization also opposed the amendment in the bill in front of JPC. The organization’s president, former MP Mohammad Adeeb, calling this bill illegal, alleged that the government is interfering in the religious matters of Muslims.
There was a lot of allegations and counter-allegations between the MPs
According to sources, when the BJP MPs were presenting their views on the bill, they had to face repeated interruptions from the opposition MPs. BJP MPs accused the opposition MPs of being unruly and not allowing them to speak properly, while the opposition MPs alleged that the BJP MPs are acting arbitrarily, not following the democratic process and are also making personal comments on the opposition MPs. There was also a heated debate between BJP MP Dilip Saikia and Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh in the meeting.
‘Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Owaisi also clashed’
In the meeting between Sakia and Singh, there was a long debate on the situation in Delhi, the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party leaders, the work of the Lieutenant Governor and the rights given to the Collector in the bill. There was also a heated debate between other MPs in the meeting regarding ‘Waqf by User’ and the rights of the Collector. AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi today gave another written note in opposition to the bill to JPC Chairman Jagdambika Pal. It is being told that there was also a heated debate between Asaduddin Owaisi and Abhijit Gangopadhyay in the meeting. Owaisi strongly protested, calling Gangopadhyay’s personal comment insulting.
Opposition MPs had walked out for a while
There came a time in the meeting, when the opposition parties walked out of the meeting in protest against the attitude of the government. In fact, a lawyer appearing on behalf of the Muslim organization had earlier put forth his point in the JPC regarding the bill. But when he tried to speak again for the second time, he was stopped saying that he cannot speak again. Opposition MPs stood up in protest. Many opposition MPs including Asaduddin Owaisi, A. Raja, Imran Masood, M. Mohammad Abdullah and Arvind Sawant walked out of the meeting, although they returned to the meeting after a while.
