Birla may extend tenure of Waqf JPC: Oppn after meeting Speaker

A group of Opposition leaders on Monday said Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla may extend the tenure of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendments) Bill even as the Bharatiya Janata Party, buoyed by its recent victory in Maharashtra, is keen to pass the controversial bill in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.

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Senior officials told HT that just four days are left for the joint committee to submit its report and it will need at least a week to wrap up the final rounds of meeting and adopt the report. The panel, led by BJP's Jagdambika Pal, was tasked to submit the report by November 29, the last day of the first week of the session.