India, April 2 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of Parliament (MP) Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday asserted that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill was in line with the Indian Constitution and accused the Opposition of creating unnecessary uproar over it.

Speaking during the Lok Sabha debate on the Bill, he said the State had the authority to intervene if Waqf land was being misused or illegally occupied, pointing out that "Waqf is not a religious body, (but) it is a statutory body."

The former Union law minister was responding to Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, who criticised the Bill and accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government of attempting to "dilute the Constitution" and harm minority communities.

Gogoi claimed the bill was p...