India, April 2 -- Union home minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is fulfilling the wishes of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad regarding the Waqf bill, and accused the Opposition of failing to do so.

Participating in the debate in Lok Sabha on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, Amit Shah said that new legislation may not have been necessary if the Waqf (Amendment) Act had not been passed in 2013, during the Congress-led UPA II government. Follow LIVE updates

Shah said that when amendments to the Waqf were introduced in 2013, Lalu Prasad had said he wanted a strict law and to jail those who were stealing.

He also went on to quote Lalu Yadav's speech in the Parliament, which said,"We welcome th...