New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla raising concerns over what he termed the "problematic functioning" of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, and sought a wider consultation process with stakeholders.

In a post on X, Venugopal said, "Wrote to the Hon'ble Lok Sabha Speaker regarding the problematic functioning of the JPC on the FCRA (Amendment) Bill, 2026. As is well known, this is a highly sensitive Bill with wide-ranging ramifications on the Constitutional rights of minorities and civil society groups. The JPC was intended to seek inputs from all relevant stakeholders, and do a thorough scrutiny of...