Jagdambika Pal, Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, on Thursday, condemned AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for tearing a copy of the legislation in the Lok Sabha, calling it an “attack on democracy” and stating that the public will “never forgive” the act.
Speaking to IANS, Pal said, “Owaisi has torn the bill. He has done unconstitutional work. Tearing up a bill introduced by a democratically elected government is an insult to the people of this country. Referring to Mahatma Gandhi will not justify this act, and the nation will not forgive it. No one has the right to disregard the mandate of the people.”
Owaisi, on Wednesday, had cited Mahatma Gandhi‘s protest against discriminatory South African laws while dramatically tearing the bill in Parliament, stating, “Like Gandhi, I am also tearing up this law.”