New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- TMC MP Sushmita Dev on Thursday raised concerns over the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) report on the Waqf Bill presented in the Rajya Sabha, alleging that the dissent note was censored, with portions of it being hidden using "black ink or white paper."

Dev questioned the state of democracy in the country, emphasising that everyone's opinion must be visible for the nation to be considered democratic.

"If you see, they have censored using black ink or white paper the dissent note on top of the committee report, which has been tabled today. If we consider this country a democracy, then everyone's opinion must be visible. How can you hide our opinions? We have protested against this in Rajya Sabha today," the TMC...