India, April 2 -- No land will be taken under the Waqf Bill, union minister for minority affairs and parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday as he tabled the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, as reported by the joint parliamentary committee in the Lok Sabha.

Rijiju said that the discussion on the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) had been unprecedented in the history of the Indian Parliament. "The discussion that has taken place on the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Joint Committee of both Houses has never been done in the parliamentary history of India until now. I thank and congratulate all the members of the Joint Committee," Rijiju said.

He said the committee heard from 284 delegations representing v...