On a discussion on the stampede, Rijiju said the committee will decide. “There are many important issues. The Kumbh was mentioned,” he said.Congress’ Jairam Ramesh, Kodikunnil Suresh, Gaurav Gogoi, Left leaders John Brittas, P Sandosh Kumar, and TMC’s Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Derek O’Brien, among others, attended the meeting.Many Opposition MPs raised reservations over the ‘’bulldozing’’ of the Waqf panel’s procedures by chairman and the shabby treatment meted out to them. They called the JPC proceedings a “mockery of democracy and a farcical exercise”. Sources said Samajwadi Party’s Ramgopal Yadav spoke about the Uttar Pradesh government’s failure in handling the arrangements at Prayagraj and accused it of not disclosing the number of deaths.Opposition MPs also said that the composition of standing committees is tilted in favour of the BJP. “As many as 29 members of the BJP have been given multiple memberships in standing committees,” Brittas was quoted by sources as saying.
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