Lok Sabha extends tenure of JPC on Waqf Bill until 2025 Budget Session

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Thursday adopted a resolution to extend the tenure of the Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill till the last day of the Budget Session of Parliament early next year.

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JPC Chairman and BJP leader Jagdambika Pal moved the resolution in the Lok Sabha, which approved it with a voice vote. The parliamentary panel's meetings have become a virtual battleground between the opposition and the ruling party members, who have been debating the changes to the Waqf Bill proposed by the government.

On Wednesday, the Opposition members of the committee staged a walkout and slammed Pal for asserting that the panel's draft report was ready.