Waqf Bill panel again sees opposition, BJP MPs engage in verbal clash

New Delhi: The parliamentary panel on the Waqf bill continued to witness verbal clashes and heated arguments between members of ruling and opposition parties as former judges and Waqf administrators from different states appeared before it.

Heated exchanges were on between the parliamentary panel members even as it met for the first time on Monday after TMC member Kalyan Banerjee's suspension for unruly conduct.

Banerjee, who broke a glass bottle and allegedly hurled it towards the chairman during the meeting last week leading to his suspension for a day, was not present at Monday's sitting.


At the very start, AAP member Sanjay Singh objected to the examination of the Delhi Waqf Board administrator Ashwini Kumar, contending that the report submitted by him was not approved by the Delhi Chief Minister Atishi.

A heated exchange among ruling and opposition members ensued, leading to a walkout, for a brief period, by Singh along with opposition members, Naseer Hussain and Mohammad Jawed (Congress), Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM), Mohibbullah (SP), Mohamed Abdulla (DMK) and Mohammad Nadim-ul Haque of TMC.

Opposition members also struck off their signatures from the attendance roster of the parliamentary committee before walking out, parliamentary sources said.