Begusarai, April 10 -- Criticising RJD leader and Bihar LoP Tejashwi Yadav over his comments on the Waqf (Amendment) Act, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said that Yadav is against the poor Pasmanda Muslims and doesn't want them to get their rights.

"The laws passed by the Parliament are implemented in the whole country. The Parliament belongs to the whole country. Tejashwi Yadav is against the poor Pasmanda Muslims. He does not want poor Muslims and women to get their rights. This law is made to give rights to poor Muslims and women and not to the contractors of Tejashwi Yadav," Singh told reporters.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, on April 16, 2...