Mumbai, April 2 -- The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 was tabled in the Lok Sabha for consideration today, 2 April 2025. Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju clarified that the bill strictly pertains to Waqf Board properties and has no connection to religious practices or mosque management. He emphasized that the amendments aim to make Waqf Boards more inclusive and secular, incorporating representatives from different Muslim sects, women, and non-Muslims.

Rijiju accused the opposition of misleading the public, highlighting that certain provisions in the existing law had been misused to declare land as Waqf property, particularly referencing 123 properties transferred in Delhi under Congress rule.

Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi oppose...