New Delhi, April 4 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagdambika Pal on Friday hailed the "big reform" of Parliament passing the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 stating that Waqf properties will not be registered in a portal that will be launched by the minority affairs ministry soon.

Rajya Sabha approved the Bill in the early hours today with 128 members voting in favour of it while 95 members voted against the legislation. The Rajya Sabha held a discussion on the Bill for around 12 hours. The Lok Sabha already approved the Bill.

The BJP MP Pal said that the Waqf board failed to open universities and hospitals on properties which are for poor Muslims. He further said that only a few people have managed to benefit from the same instead of t...