The meeting was attended by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, BJP President JP Nadda, Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Gaurav Gogoi, along with T. Siva, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, and Anupriya Patel.The Winter Session of Parliament, set to run until December 20, will consider 16 bills, including the Waqf Amendment Bill.The Waqf (Amendment) Bill is scheduled for consideration and passage after the joint committee of both Houses submits its report to the Lok Sabha, as the committee is mandated to do by the end of the first week of the session.Opposition members on the panel are demanding an extension of the timeline for submitting the report, alleging that the committee chair, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, is rushing the proceedings. They have sought the intervention of Speaker Om Birla.Rijiju stated that while there is a provision to extend the tenure of the joint committee, no discussions have taken place so far. He reiterated that the Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha is the appropriate forum to discuss the issue of extending the committee’s timeline.
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