Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 Update:
A Lok Sabha session is underway as the Centre reintroduces the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
Andhra Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister and actor K Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party has pledged support for the Bill.
Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has tabled the Bill for discussion and passage in the Lower House. Notably, the Lok Sabha’s business advisory committee (BAC), chaired by Speaker Om Birla and comprising leaders from all major parties, has allotted an eight-hour debate.
The Lok Sabha showdown is underway between the government and the Opposition as it takes up the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill for discussion and passage on Wednesday, with an eight-hour debate allocated for deliberation. The Lower House is likely to witness chaos as the Opposition said that all INDIA bloc parties are united to “defeat the legislation”.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the Lok Sabha’s business advisory committee (BAC), chaired by Speaker Om Birla and comprising leaders from all major parties, has agreed to an eight-hour debate, with the option to extend it based on the House’s consensus.
Speaking in the Parliament, Rijiju made a massive claim, “If we had not introduced this amendment today, even the Parliament building we are sitting in could have been claimed as Waqf property. If PM Modi Govt did not come into power, several properties would have been de-notified.”
Tears Copy Of The Waqf (Amendment) Bill Bill On Lok Sabha Floor
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi spoke in opposition to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 on the Lok Sabha during the debate on the legislation. He called the bill “unconstitutional” and stated that the only purpose of the proposal is to degrade Muslims to “second-class citizens” and sow division in the country. The AIMIM chief also tore a copy of the bill on the Lok Sabha floor to express his opposition.
Waqf (Amendment) Bill Attack On The Constitution By The RSS, BJP:
” Rahul Gandhi Says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025, currently being voted on in the Lok Sabha, via a post on X. Gandhi called the bill a “weapon” against the Muslim community and criticized the BJP, RSS, and its allies for violating constitutional norms with the proposal.
“The Waqf (Amendment) Bill is a weapon aimed at marginalising Muslims and usurping their personal laws and property rights. This attack on the Constitution by the RSS, BJP and their allies is aimed at Muslims today but sets a precedent to target other communities in the future.
The Congress party strongly opposes this legislation as it attacks the very idea of India and violates Article 25, the Right to Freedom of Religion,” the Raebareli MP tweeted.
Shia cleric Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad Says Al The Waqf Properties are Documented:
On Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Shia cleric Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad says, “If the Waqf has staked claim to a property, they have done it based on a document, it is for you to prove that it is not Waqf land…
You have usurped Waqf land. You should pay rent or compensation for it or give a land in return. You cannot just brush it off saying it’s yours… Nobody is celebrating it. Anyone can wear a burqa and come and celebrate, who knows if they are Muslim or not…