Union Minister Kiren Rijiju attacked senior Rajya Sabha members for creating confusion and elevating points within the Home. Photograph: Sansad TV by way of PTI
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Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday (April 3, 2025) attacked senior Rajya Sabha members for creating confusion and elevating points within the Home however not staying again to hearken to the replies of ministers involved.

Mr. Rijiju was referring to the feedback made by unbiased MP Kapil Sibal who raised to oppose the invoice.

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The Minister stated that Mr. Sibal has created confusion on the invoice by evaluating properties of Waqf our bodies with these of different spiritual our bodies.

Through the dialogue on The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025, Mr. Sibal opposed the proposed laws and stated that there have been additionally rights for non-Muslims to make Waqf.

“When it’s my land then who’re you to make legislation for that,” he stated.

He talked about the totally different excessive court docket judgements earlier than independence upheld, making Waqf even by Hindus and in some circumstances for welfare of Muslims like giving land for graveyard (by Hindus). He famous that there are 32 Waqf boards in numerous states.

He talked about that there are over 10 lakh acres of land in Hindu (spiritual) establishments in 4 states. “In Hindu faith, the self-acquired property could be given to sons and never daughters,” he stated.

He requested to alter the legislation to offer rights in self-acquired property to daughters additionally.

He urged the federal government to deliver legislation to offer impact to this. He advised the Home that earlier there was unauthorised encroachment on Waqf property and even the federal government acquired the property.

“You introduced the 12-year legislation (which gives that anyone in possession of property for 12 years or extra is the proprietor),” he stated.

Mr. Rijiju intervened and objected to the flawed comparability of spiritual land of Hindus in 4 states with that of Muslims.

He additionally expressed dismay over elevating points by senior members within the Home who by no means keep again to hearken to the reply on the talk by the involved minister.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talked about that the federal government appoints the officers to handle these spiritual our bodies which handle these properties (Hindu).

Mr. Sibal stated that he was making the identical level that these properties are maintained by the federal government. “Waqf property belongs to God and can’t be bought. It may be donated for graveyards, faculties and so forth. As soon as the land is donated it can’t be taken again,” he stated.

Addressing Mr. Sibal, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar stated he has given totally different authorized explanations to him.

Mr. Dhankhar stated that self-acquired property could be given to sons, daughters or anybody else as that is the legislation of the land.

Taking part within the debate, IUML MP Haris Beeran stated that there is no such thing as a pure justice on this draft laws, as a authorities official can go to a different authorities official claiming that this property doesn’t belong to Waqf.

He additionally identified that if the paperwork usually are not supplied in six months then the Waqf properties will go away.

Opposing the invoice, he additionally claimed that in one other spiritual endowment, folks of just one faith are allowed to handle properties.

Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi opposed the invoice, saying that if the federal government was involved in regards to the welfare of Muslims then it ought to have taken the group into confidence earlier than bringing this invoice into the Home.

He charged that the invoice was being introduced to accumulate the properties managed by the Waqf our bodies.