Rajya Sabha MP
After Parliament passed the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said on Friday that the politics of partition will harm the country. Sibal said that 125 to 92 votes were cast on the amendment of the bill and 128 to 95 votes for the passage of the bill. He has a majority in both houses. So this has happened.
It will have political impact
Along with this, Kapil Sibal said that the bill has been strongly opposed. This will have a political impact, especially on political parties who have supported the BJP as elections are going to be held in Bihar. The politics of partition will harm the country.
Yes, 128 and no 95 votes
The Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 was passed late at night after a hot debate in Parliament on Thursday. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said, ‘Yes, 128 and no 95 votes were cast, absent zero people remained. The bill has been passed. The Muslim Waqf (Relations) Bill, 2024 has also been passed in Parliament. All MPs in the House remained sitting for more than midnight to pass the bill.
Crores of Muslim community will benefit- Rijiju
Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju accused the opposition parties of trying to mislead people on the Waqf Amendment Bill. He said that crores of people of the Muslim community will benefit from this. Responding to the debate on the bill for more than 12 hours on the bill in the Rajya Sabha, Rijiju said that several suggestions made by the Joint Parliamentary Committee have been included in the amended bill.
The Waqf Amendment Bill was changed to name ‘hope’
Rijiju said that the name of Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 will be renamed as expected Waqf Management Empowerment Efficiency and Development Bill. The Lok Sabha, which discussed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday. It was passed at midnight after a strong debate over the bill in the House.
Bill introduced after recommendations of Parliamentary Committee
The government introduced the amended bill after incorporating the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, which investigated the law presented in August last year. The Bill aims to remove the shortcomings of the previous Act, increase the efficiency of Waqf boards, improve the registration process and increase the role of technology in the management of Waqf records.
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