New Delhi, April 3 -- About a dozen Opposition Members of Parliament (MP) from the Muslim community spoke against the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday-Thursday. In unison, these MPs said that the legislation undermined the Muslim community's rights, gave the government a handle to control the Waqfs and deepened religious divides.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi led the Muslim leaders' charge against the Bill. Owaisi, the Hyderabad MP, symbolically tore up a copy of the Bill, asserting that its motive was to make Muslims "second-class citizens".

"Yeh bill ka maqsad sirf muslamanun ko zaleel aur ruswa karna hai, musalmanon ko dusre darje ka shehri banane ka in ka maksad hai (The objective of this Bill is to insult and ...