"This is anti- Constitutional Bill": Congress MP Imran Masood on Waqf Amendment Bill - World News Network

New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): The Congress’s Imran Masood on Wednesday voiced his strong opposition to the Waqf Amendment Bill,2025 while terming it as an “anti-Constitutional” Bil. Earlier in the day, Union Minister Kiren Rijiji introduced the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025 for the discussion
Congress MP Imran Masood questioned how could the government register the Waqf properties within six months when the same could not done in the last ten years.
“WAMSI portal (An On-line System for Searching Waqf Properties) was being mentioned again and again…10 years is a long time. You could not register all properties in 10 years…You could not do this work in 10 years but now you say that properties have to be registered within 6 months and if that is not done, those properties won’t be of Waqf anymore. Who would do the registration? Your officers. How would that be done within 6 months when it could not be done in 10 years? This is an anti-Constitutional Bill,” Masood said during a discussion on the Waqf amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha.
Earlier, introducing the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju questioned why Waqf properties haven’t been used to develop the nation and Muslims. There is no Muslim MP to introduce the Bill…They are not able to produce as single member of Muslim community and they are giving morals as how secularism can be protected”.
Rijiju said that India has the highest number of Waqf properties in the world and questioned why they haven’t been used for the education, medical treatment, skill development, and income generation of poor Muslims.
“When our country has the largest Waqf property in the world, why hasn’t it been used for the education, medical treatment, skill development, and income generation of poor Muslims? Why has no progress been made in this regard so far?” Rijiju said in Lok Sabha.
Rijiju also questioned the opposition’s objections to the PM Modi-led government working for the betterment of Muslims.
Rijiju also noted that the number of Waqf properties has doubled in the country, and their income has also increased.
Along with the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, Rijiju also moved the Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2024, for consideration and passing in the Lok Sabha.
The bill was earlier presented in the Lok Sabha on August, last year and a Joint Parliamentary Committee, headed by BJP member Jagdambika Pal, examined it.
The bill seeks to amend the Act of 1995. The Bill seeks to improve the administration and management of waqf properties in India. It aims to overcome the shortcomings of the previous act and enhance the efficiency of Waqf boards, improving the registration process and increasing the role of technology in managing waqf records. (ANI)

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