Opposition MPs on Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla elevating issues over “gross violations” of the parliamentary code of conduct within the Joint Parliamentary Committee meet on Waqf invoice.
“At first of his remarks, Manippady circulated a notice titled ‘Presentation on the Waqf Modification Invoice 2012 based mostly on Karmataka Waqf Rip-off Report 2012’ to the committee members.The notice contained no observations on the the Waqf (Modification) Invoice 2024,” the letter signed by Asaduddin Owaisi, Kalyan Banerjee amongst others stated.
“As an alternative, it was stuffed with politically motivated allegations in opposition to leaders of the Karnataka Congress, together with Mallikarjun Kharge, Chief of Opposition (Rajya Sabha). Regardless of vehement protests by a number of committee members that Kharge occupies a constitutional place of excessive dignity and isn’t current within the assembly, the witness was allowed to talk by the Chairperson. Additional, he refused to supply enough time to committee members to lodge their protests,” it added.
Opposition MPs additionally staged a stroll out of the assembly as a consequence of allegations of abusive language from a BJP MP and perceived bias. They later returned to take part once more. They reiterated their claims that the committee Chairman, Jagdambika Pal, was exhibiting favoritism on varied points and failing to supply steering to BJP/NDA MPs.
Of their letter, the opposition MPs asserted that committee members have been denied their basic proper to specific their issues and opinions in an setting that ought to uphold the very best requirements of democratic values.
On Monday, the opposition MPs walked out of the JPC assembly on the Waqf Invoice in response to allegations made by Anwar Manippady, former Chairman of the Karnataka State Minorities Fee and the Karnataka Minorities Growth Company.
The MPs contended that Manippady strayed from the assembly’s agenda, making a sequence of accusations in opposition to the Karnataka Authorities and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. They deemed these allegations irrelevant and unacceptable.
