New Delhi, April 2 -- Introducing the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025, in Lok Sabha, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday targeted UPA government's 2013 amendment in the Waqf Act, questioning the powers provided under section 108.

Rijiju noted three changes made by the UPA government, "In 2013, right before Lok Sabha elections in 2014, there were some steps taken which will raise questions in your mind. In 2013, the act was changed to allow Sikhs, Hindus, Parsis and others to create Waqf. Everyone knows Waqf is for Muslims to create Waqf in the name of Allah."

Rijiju added that the UPA government made Waqf board-specific, limiting it to a single community and provided an overriding effect with section 108.

"This change was made by Congre...