Good he became part of democratic process: BJP MPs as Mirwaiz appears before par panel on Waqf bill

He claimed that absorption members deliberately created an “episode” truthful that the delegation of Muslim clerics led by Farooq could not explicit their views earlier the committee.

Though Farooq appeared earlier the BJP MP Jagdambika Pal-led committee successful his capableness arsenic patron of Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema, a assemblage of Muslim bodies from the region, helium is besides the person of the mean faction of Hurriyat, a separatist conglomerate, which has gone virtually defunct pursuing the cardinal government’s crackdown.

That helium stepped retired of the Valley to beryllium portion of a law process was seen arsenic important by galore governmental watchers.

“It is bully that helium became a portion of the antiauthoritarian process,” BJP MP Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, besides a subordinate of the committee, said.

Jaiswal, though, stressed that a word similar “separatist” should not beryllium used for anyone appearing earlier Parliament. Parliamentary committees are considered a mini Parliament.

In his written submission earlier the committee, the Mirwaiz criticised the projected amendments successful the Waqf Act arsenic a usurpation of the Muslim Personal Law that helium added was protected nether “Article 25 of the Indian Constitution”.

Sources said helium besides invoked Article 26, which provides for the state to negociate spiritual affairs, to reason against the draught law.

Continuous protests by absorption members from the Congress, Trinamool Congress and the DMK, among different parties, delayed the panel’s proceedings arsenic they wanted the adjacent sitting for members to sermon the Bill clause-by-clause connected January 27 postponed.

They wanted much clip to survey the substance and submissions by stakeholders from astir the country.
Pal, however, said they were deliberately trying to scuttle the gathering contempt being fixed capable clip to contiguous their views. All 10 absorption MPs were aboriginal suspended, pursuing which the proceedings began.