New Delhi/IBNS, April 2 -- Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said several important public properties including the Parliament building would have been taken over by the Waqf board had the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government continued its rule.

Rijiju said it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which came in 2014, that actually saved the Parliament building takeover by the Waqf board.

The minister made the remark tabling the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha where the Modi government needs the mandatory support of the allies for the passage of any bill.

When the Congress protested against the minister's remarks, Rijiju said, "I am speaking on the ba...