Patna, April 5 -- JD(U) leader Anjum Ara on Saturday said that her party supported the Waqf (Amendment) Bill only after its suggestions were accepted. Her explanation came amid the resignations in the party after its MPs voted in favour of the Bill in both the Houses of the Parliament.

"JDU had presented five suggestions, or one can call them conditions, all of which were accepted in the Waqf Amendment Bill," Anjum Ara said in a press conference here.

The JD(U)'s five suggestions included not making the law retrospective.

"First- Land is a state matter, so this priority should be maintained in the laws as well... Second- This law should be effective in a prospective way, not in a retrospective way... Third- If any unregistered Waqf pro...