"Few people compromised for personal interest": AAP MP Malvinder Singh Kang as Lok Sabha clears Waqf Amendment Bill

New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): After the passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Malvinder Singh Kang accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in the Centre of "managing" other alliance parties of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in order to clear the bill.
"I think a few people have compromised for their personal interests as the majority of the people in the country didn't agree with this bill. I think that the central government has been successful in "managing" things as the BJP doesn't have the majority on its own. This legislation has been passed by going against the sentiments of Muslims in the country," Kang told ANI.
Terming the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 as "unfair," Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra said that it is a very "dark day" in India's secular democracy.
"There is only a fifty vote gap difference here, and you realise just how unpopular and against the mandate of the public this bill is. It is only because of the party whip and the two allies that they have managed to get through by the skin of their teeth...It is a very dark day in India's secular democracy, where the government has brought a bill which is unfair and against fundamental rights...The amendments are sending a very chilling effect to the Muslim community," Moitra told reporters here today.

Earlier, the Lok Sabha passed the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 after a marathon and heated debate, during which members of the INDIA bloc fiercely opposed the legislation while the BJP and its allies strongly supported it, saying it would bring transparency and enhance the efficiency of Waqf boards.
The House sat beyond midnight to pass the legislation. Speaker Om Birla later announced the result of the division. "Subject to correction, Ayes 288, Noes 232. The majority is in favour of the proposal," he said.
The government brought the revised bill after incorporating the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, which examined the legislation which was introduced in August last year. 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)