Opposition members suspended for a day from JPC on Waqf Invoice

Ten Opposition members attending the joint Parliamentary committee (JPC) assembly on the Waqf Modification Invoice had been suspended for a day on Friday amid protests and accusations in opposition to chairman Jagdambika Pal of steamrolling the proceedings.

In accordance with an X put up by Congress MP and general-secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh, the ten have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, “protesting in opposition to the openly undemocratic method through which the JPC on the Waqf Modification Invoice is being made to perform. 2 extra Opposition MPs who couldn’t attend right this moment’s assembly have related themselves with the letter”.

An excerpt from the letter reads: “…speeding the proceedings of the JPC (on Waqf Invoice) with out utility of the thoughts by the Chairman is nothing however a riddle wrapped with hidden malice. It’s our opinion that the Chairman of a JPC doesn’t have the facility to droop the members of the Committee.”

Earlier, whereas Opposition members accused Pal of lowering the proceedings to a farce and alleged that he was performing on the federal government’s instructions, the chairman slammed their conduct aimed toward disrupting the assembly, accusing Trinamool Congress chief Kalyan Banerjee of hurling abuse at him and saying he strove to convey the assembly to order, adjourning it twice however in useless.

BJP member Nishikant Dubey moved the movement to droop the Opposition members, which was adopted by the committee. The suspended members are Banerjee and Nadeem-ul Haque (TMC), Mohammad Jawed, Imran Masood and Syed Naseer Hussain (Congress), A. Raja and Mohamed Abdullah (DMK), Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM), Mohibullah (SP) and Arvind Sawant (Shiv Sena-UBT).