Lucknow, April 2 -- Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government over tabling of the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Muslim clerics and Opposition parties termed it an attempt to 'loot' Waqf properties and a bid to divert the attention of the country from core issues.

On the other hand, the BJP Minority Morcha celebrated the occasion by distributing sweets at the party office in Lucknow.

Tabling the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha, Union minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said the legislation has nothing to do with religion, but deals only with properties.

Islamic Centre of India chairman and All India Muslim Personal Law Board member Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali ...