New Delhi, April 5 -- The Waqf Bill is absolutely constitutional and humane, and in the interest of 99 per cent of Muslims, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Manoj Tiwari said on Saturday after the Bill was passed by Parliament after a marathon debate.

"The Waqf amendment is absolutely constitutional and humane in the true sense. It is in the best interest of 99% Muslims," the BJP MP told ANI.

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was passed by Rajya Sabha on the early hours of Friday with a vote of 128 in favour and 95 against. Earlier in Lok Sabha the bill was passed with 288 votes in favour of it.

Tiwari alleged that there is a small section of the Muslim population that has "captured" the Waqf properties and is using it for themselves, claiming that t...