New Delhi/IBNS, April 2 -- Participating in a debate over the Waqf Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha this evening, Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented a long list of properties that he said were given for Waqf and said the proposed changes would stop irregular land grabbing.

The list included land belonging to temples, other religions, the government, and others. "You cannot donate someone else's property. You donate something which is yours," he said.

The Waqf, the government maintained, has become a tool for land-grabbing.

Citing examples, Shah said the Karnataka High Court had to stop the grabbing of 602 sq km by Waqf.

The amended Waqf bill, he said, would be instrumental in stopping this.

Speaking before Shah, Union minister Kiren ...