Opposition MPs Boycott Parliamentary Committee Meet On Waqf Bill

The Opposition MPs have boycotted the Joint Parliamentary meeting to discuss the Waqf amendment bill and wrote to the Speaker demanding that the Committee chairman be removed. Alleging that the Committee is biased, they have sought time from the Speaker to discuss the issue.

The Opposition members have alleged that a presentation on the bill by Anwar Manippadi, former Chairman of Karnataka State Minorities Commission and Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation, was not about the Bill. Mr Anwar, they alleged, was just using the occasion malign the Karnataka government and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.

"We have boycotted because the committee is not functioning with the principles and norms... In terms of ethics and principle, they are wrong," said Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant.