Waqf Bill JPC’s study tours put off amid oppn decision to boycott trips | India News – Times of India
JPC chairperson and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal NEW DELHI: With opposition MPs “boycotting” the scheduled study tour of members of the joint parliamentary committee on the Waqf Bill, the LS Secretariat has postponed the trips to Kolkata, Patna and Lucknow from Nov 12 to Nov 14, with a notification being issued on Monday.The secretariat decided to defer the meetings at the three cities after those at Guwahati and Bhubaneswar were washed out as just five (all from BJP) of the 31 members of the panel attended them — the meetings had failed to garner the required quorum.The panel’s opposition members had earlier met LS Speaker Om Birla and requested him to postpone the tours planned between Nov 9 and Nov 14 as MPs were visiting their constituencies.On Saturday, some opposition MPs had written to Bir...