India, Jan. 29 -- The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Amendment Bill adopted its report and the amended version of the bill by a majority vote on Wednesday and told the opposition members, who disagreed with the report, to file their dissent note by 4pm.

JPC chairman Jagdambika Pal said the report would be submitted to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Thursday and it was for him and Parliament to decide the next course of action. He also claimed that many amendments approved by the committee have addressed several concerns of opposition members as well, adding the Bill once enacted will help Waqf board in discharging its duties transparently and more effectively,

Rajya Sabha member M Mohamed Abdulla of the Dravida Munnetra ...