The Waqf (Amendment) Bill cleared the Rajya Sabha after a 12-hour debate late on Thursday night with 128 votes for and 95 against it. Kapil Sibal slammed the legislation, saying Hindu laws need reform too. Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Nirmala Sitharaman hit back at him. Watch.
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00:00The Waqf Amendment Bill got the parliamentary approval at 2.30 am in the upper house on
00:094th April 2025.
00:11It was passed with 128 votes in favour and 95 against after a fiery 12-hour debate.
00:17Kapil Sibal criticized the bill saying,
01:17In response, Minority Affairs Minister and the Finance Minister said,
01:47In Tamil Nadu or in Andhra, and he also took the name of the Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam.
01:57In all this, the HR and CE is with the government.
02:02Government appointed people monitor it, they execute it, they run it.
02:06Second, Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam, the executive officer is appointed by the government
02:12of Andhra Pradesh.
02:13The endowment board has people who are appointed by the government of Andhra Pradesh and the
02:17entire system is completely under the government of Andhra Pradesh, sir.
02:22So it is not as if, you know, Hindus are not being touched at all, only Muslims are, no.
02:28There is a huge, in fact it has led to a lot of feeling that Hindu pilgrims have started
02:35feeling that only our temples are being completely controlled by government and government appointed
02:40men.