Waqf Bill Tabled in House Amid Uproar, Corrigendum Follows

I would like to request that the disputes of the opposition be included in the appropriate procedure of parliamentary process -Amit Shah Home minister

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The joint parliamentary committee report on the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday amid demands for its withdrawal and a brief adjournment of the proceedings followed by a heated debate between the treasury and opposition benches.

A corrigendum to Appendix 5 of the report was also tabled in the House during the post-lunch sitting, prompting the opposition to claim that it was done under their pressure.

BJP MP Medha Vishram Kulkarni tabled a corrigendum in the Upper House in the afternoon. The corrigendum to Appendix 5 of the report was tabled in the post-lunch sitting in the Rajya Sabha by Kulkarni. Chapter 5 of the Appendices of the report pertains to "Notes/minutes of dissent received from the Members of the Joint Committee", and contains the notes that were redacted in the earlier tabled report.

Opposition MPs led by Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that dissent notes were deleted from the report, a charge denied by Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju.

A major uproar erupted in both houses of the Parliament on Thursday before the JPC report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was tabled.