Hyderabad: The Opposition MPs requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday to extend the tenure of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, owing to the pendency of views being shared by various stakeholders.
In his post on X, AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said that the Speaker had assured them that he would positively look into the request.
The Opposition MPs, in their letter, said the changes in the Waqf Bill will affect a large part of the Indian population. Therefore, a mere three-month term for finalising the report was not adequate. They noted that the JPC has not yet gotten enough representations and recommendations from the concerned sections.
The MPs also said that many state governments, including Bihar, New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, have not yet presented their views before the committee.
