Parliament’s Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill met here for the first time on Thursday where officials from the minority affairs and law ministries are briefing them about the various amendments proposed in the draft law.
The 31-member committee, headed by BJP member Jagdambika Pal, has been tasked by the Lok Sabha to scrutinise the contentious bill, which has drawn protests from the opposition parties and Muslim organisations.
The representatives from the minority affairs ministry were expected to brief the committee on the “amendments proposed on the Bill”, the Lok Sabha secretariat said.