New Delhi, April 2 -- Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh has slammed the Centre over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, calling the bill "illegitimate". He alleged that the BJP-led government brought the bill, intending to reap electoral benefits in the coming Assembly elections in Bihar and West Bengal.

"This is an illegitimate bill focused only on instigating violence in the country. It has been brought seeing the assembly elections in Bihar and West Bengal. Its only aim is to create controversy," Singh told ANI.

On Wednesday, Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju introduced the Bill in the Lok Sabha, starting a discussion on it with the INDIA bloc parties opposing the bill.

In his remarks, Rijiju called upon the opposition members...