New Delhi, April 2 -- Lok Sabha on Wednesday took up for consideration the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which incorporates suggestions made by the Joint Parliamentary Committee that examined the bill tabled in Parliament in August last year.

The House also took up the Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2024 for consideration and passing.

Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju moved the two bills for passing in the House.

Congress member KC Venugopal accused the government of trying to bulldoze the bill, saying that they had not been given enough time to move their amendments.

"You are bulldozing the legislation, you need to give time for the amendments, their no time for amendments," he said.

Speaker Om Birla said that he had given equal ...