India, April 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that Waqf land should have been used to help the poor, but its misuse forced young Muslim boys into menial jobs.

"Across the country, there are lakhs of hectares of land in the name of Waqf. This land, this property, should have been used for the welfare of the poor, helpless women and children. And if it had been used honestly, my young Muslim boys wouldn't have had to spend their lives fixing cycle punctures," Modi said during a rally in Haryana's Hisar.

PM Modi added that Waqf land benefited only a few land mafias, while the backward Muslim community gained nothing.

"This only benefited a handful of land mafias. The backward Muslim community did not gain anything. And wh...