TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee
The meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), which is considering the Waqf Amendment Bill, once again caused uproar. The heated debate between Bharatiya Janata Party MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay and opposition MPs intensified to the point where, midway through the meeting, Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee Kalyan Banerjee) got angry and broke a glass bottle containing water. Sources said the TMC leader has been suspended by the commission for one day for the indecent act.
The dramatic incident took place during a committee meeting when a heated argument broke out between Banerjee and BJP MP Gangopadia. In the process, Banerjee sustained injuries to her thumb and index finger and had to receive first aid. He was later seen being taken back to the conference room by AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh. Later, the officials also served soup to the TMC members.
Opposition MPs protest talks with group of lawyers
The committee, headed by BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, heard views from a group of retired judges and lawyers on Tuesday. Opposition members, meanwhile, asked what they had to do with the bill. Since then, disputes have begun between members of the ruling and opposition parties. The situation intensified and caused an uproar.
There was also commotion at Monday’s meeting
The meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf Amendment 2024 held in Parliament on Monday caused uproar. A heated argument broke out between lawmakers from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the New Democratic Alliance and those from the opposition parties during the speech at the Ministry of Minority Affairs. At the meeting, opposition members said that until a year ago, the central government did not think it was necessary to introduce this bill, and now it has suddenly introduced this bill.
