No land will be taken under the Waqf Bill, union minister for minority affairs and parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday, April 2, as he moved that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, as reported by the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) be taken into consideration in the Lok Sabha.
Rijiju said that the discussion on the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) had been unprecedented in the history of the Indian Parliament.
“The discussion that has taken place on the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Joint Committee of both Houses has never been done in the parliamentary history of India until now. I thank and congratulate all the members of the Joint Committee,” Rijiju said.
He said the committee heard from 284 delegations representing various communities and Waqf boards across 25 states and union territories. “No land will be taken under the Waqf Bill,” he added, clarifying that the bill would not affect Muslims’ rights and that ‘these are just baseless rumors.”
