Lucknow, April 6 -- As the Waqf (Amendment) Bill received President's assent to become an Act, Bharatiya Janata Party MP, and former Chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to review the bill, Jagdambika Pal, launched a blistering attack on Congress, questioning the non-participation of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi during the discussions in Parliament.

Accusing the Congress of using muslims as a "vote bank," Pal questioned the Gandhi siblings (Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi) for not contributing to the debates in Parliament.

"If the Congress Party or Rahul Gandhi are really concerned about the Muslims of the country, if they do not consider them a vote bank, then why did Rahul Gandhi not participate in the...