Now a tussle has started between the ruling party and the opposition regarding the timing of the Joint Parliamentary Committee regarding the Waqf Amendment Bill. Jagdambika Pal, chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee formed to review the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, has again said on Thursday that the committee's report in this regard is ready and it will be presented in the winter session of Parliament on time, while the opposition members demand that the tenure of the Joint Committee on Waqf be extended further.

They say that they need more time to study the changes made in the draft bill. In a meeting of the Parliamentary Joint Committee (JPC), the committee chairman and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal has announced that Thursday's meeting will be the last meeting of the committee and soon a draft report will be distributed among the members of the committee.

Opposition parties created ruckus

On hearing this, the members of the opposition parties in the committee started creating ruckus and sloganeering. Some opposition members have called upon Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and asked him to intervene in this matter. It is noteworthy that the review report of the Wakf Board Amendment Act is to be presented on Monday, the last day of the first week of the winter Parliament session.

15 bills including Wakf will be presented in the winter session

The central government has listed a total of 15 bills, including the Wakf Amendment Bill and the Muslim Wakf (Abolition) Bill, to be introduced in the winter session of Parliament starting on Monday. Five of these bills are brand new. One of the five new bills is to establish a cooperative university.

Apart from this, a report on pending bills including the Wakf Amendment Bill is to be presented in the Lok Sabha. The winter session is to end on December 20. The government will also present the Punjab Court (Amendment) Bill, Merchant Shipping Bill, Coastal Shipping Bill and Indian Ports Bill.