New Delhi, April 2 -- Amid uproar, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, as reported by Joint Committee and The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2024' in the Lok Sabha and stated that the Bill does not aim to snatch land and mosques and religious places of the minority community.
He said the Bill is in the interest of the Muslim children and women. While moving the Bill, Opposition members resorted to sloganeering and tried to disrupt the proceedings of the House.
Rijiju rebuffed Congress Deputy Leader Gaurav Gogoi's allegation that this Bill is aimed at defaming , disfranchising the minorities and dividing the country.
The aim of the Bill is to provide better manage...