New Delhi, April 2 -- Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday stated that some religious leaders were misleading innocent Muslims while speaking on the Waqf Amendment Bill which is to be introduced today.

Further, the Union Minister said that the same people who were misleading the innocent Muslims on the Waqf Bill had said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) would take away the citizenship of the Muslims.

Speaking to the media, Rijiju said "Some leaders, including some religious leaders, are misleading innocent Muslims... The same people said that CAA would take away the citizenship status of Muslims, but nothing like that happened..."

Further, he said that Congress leaders and opposition parties were opposing the bill for the v...