Jagdambika Pal, the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, met with farmers in Karnataka regarding their lands being claimed by the State Waqf Board. He received over 2,000 petitions from aggrieved farmers who fear losing their livelihoods. The meeting has sparked a political controversy between the ruling Congress and…
Opposition MPs who are part of the Joint Parliamentary Committee for the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 have decided to boycott a committee tour across five states to meet stakeholders. This decision was made after the Chairman, Jagdambika Pal, attended a protest organized by the BJP in Karnataka over charges against the Congress party regarding Waqf…
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee injured himself after breaking a glass bottle during an argument with former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Ganguly. Banerjee received four stitches to his hand and was suspended for one day from the Joint Committee on Waqf Bill. The incident occurred during a meeting where Banerjee threw the broken bottle…