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Centre defers Waqf Bill report tabling in LS, Oppn says dissent notes edited

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

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February 03, 2025

Though the report of the Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 figured in Monday's list of business in Lok Sabha, the government has deferred it for another day.

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

According to the 'List of Business' of the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Sunday, the chairman of the committee, Jagdambika Pal, along with BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal, were scheduled to present the report in the Lower House on Monday.

Both the members were also to lay on the table the record of evidence given before the Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC). However, in a late evening development, the Waqf Bill was removed from the revised list.

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