Hyderabad, Jan. 27 -- Waqf Board Amendment Bill's JPC member and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi, on Monday, January 27, rejected the passing of the bill terming it undemocratic.

Asaduddin Owaisi, while speaking at the joint press meeting by the opposition members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) said that through the bill, the Modi-led government is not safeguarding the Waqf properties nor the interests of the Muslim community of India.

"The Union government wants to "demolish and finish off the whole Waqf properties. These amendments are not brought to strengthen the Waqf board or remove the encroachments on Waqf properties but to reward encroachers," Owaisi said.

"The government intends t...