New Delhi, April 2 -- Amid the fierce debate on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday claimed that section 40 of the 2013 act was a "potent cocktail that enabled the Waqf Board to usurp any land that it wished" and described it as a "Frankenstein Monster".

Speaking in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Surya termed the Waqf Tribunal as a "kangaroo court" whose orders, were "final" and said there was no scope even for appeal.

"The concept of Section 40 - Waqf by User and Oral Waqf was a potent cocktail that enabled the Waqf Board to usurp any land that it wished. Those who had a problem with this were forced to go before the Waqf Tribunal. This Waqf Tribunal was a kangaroo court an...