LUCKNOW, Jan. 29 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the waqf bill was being revised to meet the needs of modern times and hoped the new law would be implemented after the next session of Parliament.

"The amendments to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 are a necessity of the times. I am glad the Joint Parliamentary Committee has worked on this, and hope it will be implemented in the next session (of Parliament)," said Yogi while speaking at an event of a private news channel here.

He said the objective of revising the waqf bill was to ensure transparency and justice in society. "Just as the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was implemented to benefit minorities from neighbouring countries, the amended waqf bill wi...