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TWO DAYS After approving 14 amendments projected by MPs of the BJP and its allies, and rejecting each 44 suggested by the Opposition, the Joint Committee of Parliament connected the Waqf Bill volition clasp its past gathering Wednesday, with its study apt to beryllium tabled successful the Budget Session, from January 31 to February 13. Panel subordinate and the Congress whip successful Lok Sabha, Dr Mohammad Jawed, speaks to Asad Rehman.
Excerpts.
How bash you spot the panel’s proceedings truthful far?
A farce, an eyewash. It’s a large gag connected the radical of India. That is each I volition say.
The Opposition’s 44 projected amendments were not accepted. What were they?
The full strategy was unparliamentary. The norms and formalities arsenic per written process weren’t followed. You (referring to sheet Chairman, BJP’s Jagdambika Pal) called america abruptly (for Monday’s meeting). The astir important happening is that the Chairman is saying 36 meetings were held. In these meetings, astir 90 per cent of the radical who came to depose opposed astir each the amendments. The 5-10 per cent who agreed with the changes had thing to bash with Waqf. They besides included Waqf onshore encroachers.
The astir upsetting happening is that they person dispersed the misconception among masses that anyone tin assertion immoderate portion of onshore arsenic Waqf and it is declared a Waqf property. This is simply a blatant lie. Those who came to depose earlier the committee were asked questions, and a bulk of them couldn’t reply successful writing. These answers should person been shared with members, which didn’t happen.
This month, determination were survey tours successful Lucknow, Kolkata and Patna. We met respective stakeholders successful these states and asked them questions. They weren’t fixed clip to nonstop their answers and abruptly voting was done connected the amendments.
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You are suggesting that determination was a unreserved to propulsion the NDA members’ amendments. Why bash you deliberation it was done?
It is unfortunate that the radical of this state person elected a premier curate who lone has an oculus connected elections. He has nary interest for the country’s functioning. They saw that they are losing the Delhi elections, and hence, rushed the process for electoral gains successful Delhi. The hold granted to america by the Speaker (Om Birla) was until the past week of the Budget Session.
This is an onslaught connected the societal cloth of the country. This is an onslaught connected the safeguards fixed to minorities by the Constitution, we volition spell to Supreme Court…
Asad Rehman is with the nationalist bureau of The Indian Express and covers authorities and argumentation focusing connected spiritual minorities successful India. A writer for implicit 8 years, Rehman moved to this relation aft covering Uttar Pradesh for 5 years for The Indian Express. During his clip successful Uttar Pradesh, helium covered politics, crime, health, and quality rights among different issues. He did extended crushed reports and covered the protests against the caller citizenship instrumentality during which galore were killed successful the state. During the Covid pandemic, helium did extended crushed reporting connected the migration of workers from the metropolitan cities to villages successful Uttar Pradesh. He has besides covered immoderate landmark litigations, including the Babri Masjid-Ram temple lawsuit and the ongoing Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute. Prior to that, helium worked connected The Indian Express nationalist table for 3 years wherever helium was a transcript editor. Rehman studied astatine La Martiniere, Lucknow and past went connected to bash a bachelor's grade successful History from Ramjas College, Delhi University. He besides has a Masters grade from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia. ... Read More
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