Opposition MPs Walk Out of Joint Committee Meeting on Waqf Bill

New Delhi: Several opposition MPs on Tuesday walked out of a meeting of joint committee on Waqf Bill, alleging derogatory remarks against m by a BJP member.

Opposition members, including Kalyan Banerjee, Gaurav Gogoi, A Raja, Mohamed Abdulla and Arvind Sawant, stormed out of meeting of parliamentary panel, which was hearing a presentation from representatives of Ministry of Minority Affairs on bill.

opposition members rejoined meeting after staying away for nearly one hour.

However, BJP members claimed that opposition members were abusing chairman of committee Jagambika Pal.

This is second consecutive day when opposition members have walked out of meeting following differences. 

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