India, April 4 -- Rajya Sabha on Friday passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 after a fiery debate on the issue. The debate, which began on Thursday afternoon, went well past midnight.

With the upper house passing the bill, it has now officially got the approval of the Parliament and will now go to the President of India for her final assent before becoming a law.

Earlier on Thursday, the Lok Sabha had given the nod to the bill after a similarly long debate. While the Narendra Modi government has repeatedly defended the bill, the opposition has termed it 'unconstitutional' and an 'attack on religious freedom'.

Union minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju moved the motion in Rajya Sabha for consideration of the bill on Thursday afternoo...