<p>New Delhi: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday night staged a symbolic protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha by tearing a copy of the legislation.</p>.<p>Participating in the debate on the contentious Bill, the Hyderabad MP cited the example of Mahatma Gandhi while he was in South Africa.</p>.<p>He said if one reads history, one would find what Mahatma Gandhi had said about the laws of white South Africa.</p>.Waqf (Amendment) Bill should be called 'looters (amendment) law': Owaisi.<p>"Mahatma Gandhi had said 'My conscience doesn't accept this' and he tore it up," Owaisi said.</p>.<p>"Like Gandhi, I am also tearing up this law. This is unconstitutional. The BJP wants to create divisiveness in this country in the name of temples and mosques. I condemn this and I request you to accept the 10 amendments," he said.</p>.<p>Criticising the Bill, he said it is going to curb the rights of Muslims.</p>
<p>New Delhi: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday night staged a symbolic protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha by tearing a copy of the legislation.</p>.<p>Participating in the debate on the contentious Bill, the Hyderabad MP cited the example of Mahatma Gandhi while he was in South Africa.</p>.<p>He said if one reads history, one would find what Mahatma Gandhi had said about the laws of white South Africa.</p>.Waqf (Amendment) Bill should be called 'looters (amendment) law': Owaisi.<p>"Mahatma Gandhi had said 'My conscience doesn't accept this' and he tore it up," Owaisi said.</p>.<p>"Like Gandhi, I am also tearing up this law. This is unconstitutional. The BJP wants to create divisiveness in this country in the name of temples and mosques. I condemn this and I request you to accept the 10 amendments," he said.</p>.<p>Criticising the Bill, he said it is going to curb the rights of Muslims.</p>