Chandigarh, April 4 -- Member of Parliament from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led central government of trying to take over properties of the Muslim community in the guise of amending the Wakf Act.

In a speech in Parliament on Wednesday, speaking on the Waqf (Amendment Bill), 2024, she said, "It is clear that the Centre wanted to take control of the properties and redistribute them as per its wishes. The truth is that the BJP does not have any Muslim representative in Parliament. All 24 MPs from other parties have opposed the Bill. So have all opposition members who were part of the Joint Parliamentary Committee which was formed to review the Bill."

"The fact is that 27% of all Waqf properti...