Mumbai, Feb. 14 -- The tabling of the Joint Committee Report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 in both Houses of Parliament on Thursday led to uproar, adjournments, and walkouts as opposition parties strongly objected to the report. In the Lok Sabha, Joint Committee Chairman Jagdambika Pal presented the report amid loud disruptions from Congress, DMK, Samajwadi Party, and TMC members. Despite Union Home Minister Amit Shah's assurance that the BJP had no objection to including dissent notes if Speaker Om Birla permitted, opposition members staged a walkout, rejecting the report.

A similar confrontation took place in the Rajya Sabha, where BJP MP Dr. Medha Vishram Kulkarni tabled the report. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar attempted to restore o...