LS refers FCRA bill to JPC amid uproar as oppn calls it ‘anti-minority’

The decision to refer the bill to JPC was made by a voice vote.NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha on Wednesday referred the controversial FCRA bill to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) amid opposition protests that called the legislation a BJP design to target minorities and demanded it be junked altogether. MPs K C Venugopal, Akhilesh Yadav and T R Baalu spoke for the bill’s withdrawal.Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill will be scrutinised by the panel comprising LS and RS members, with the deadline for submission of the report being the first week of winter session.‘Foreign money can’t just be brought to India sans laws’ Congress’s K C Venugopal demanded govt withdraw the FCRA bill. Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said Congress and other parties have demanded important bi