Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain claims his dissent note was removed from Waqf Bill

Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain has claimed that parts of his dissent note on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 were removed without his consent.

"As a Member of the Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, I had submitted a detailed dissent note opposing the Bill.Shockingly, parts of my dissent note have been redacted without my knowledge! The Joint Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was already a farce, but now they've sunk to this level--censoring dissenting voices of the Opposition MPs! What are they scared of?Why this attempt to silence us?" Hussain wrote.

Meanwhile the report of the Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 will be tabled in Lok Sabha on 3rd February.

According to the List of Business, Jagdambika Pal, Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill along with BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal will present the report (Hindi and English) of the Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

They will also lay the record of evidence given before the Joint Committee.

The report was given to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on 30th January 2025. On the same day Jagdambika Pal came to the Parliament to meet the Speaker and submit the final report of the committee on the bill.

JPC on Waqf (Amendment) Bill had adopted the draft report and the revised bill on 29th January. Opposition leaders had submitted their dissent notes on the report.

JPC had earlier cleared the Waqf Bill 1995 with 25 amendments in 14 clauses and sections.

JPC Chairman Jagdambika Pal had told the media earlier, "We have adopted the report and the amended revised bill. For the first time, we have included a section stating that the benefits of Waqf should go to the marginalised, poor, women, and orphans. Tomorrow, we will present this report to the Speaker."