Srinagar, Feb. 15 -- Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the two key allies of BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Nitish Kumar and N Chandrababu Naidu, are on board over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.
The Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was tabled in Parliament on February 13 amid uproar from the Opposition.
Rijiju said that a fake narrative was being spread on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.
"I want to tell you very clearly that when we presented this Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Parliament, our intention was very clear, and we also told the Parliament that the sole objective of the bill is to safeguard the Waqf properties in Indi...