Fact-Check: Misleading Claim alleging Waqf Bill has passed in Rajya Sabha goes viral. Here’s the Truth

Taking to social media platform X(formerly Twitter), Several users have shared a claim alleging that the Waqf Bill has been passed in the Rajya Sabha.

An account named Hindutva Knight took to X and claimed: “Waqf Bill passed in Rajya Sabha”

Furthermore, several users shared this claim on X. The preview link can be seen here and here.

Fact-check

In the probe, the DFRAC team found this claim to be misleading. In reality, the report on the Waqf Bill has been tabled by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Thursday in Rajya Sabha.

A keyword search related to the above viral claim led to the latest reports by The Economic Times, Indian Express and India TV.

As per reports, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Thursday, Feb 13, tabled the report on the Waqf Bill in Rajya Sabha amid a ruckus from the Opposition members. Earlier in the day, BJP MP and Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagadambika Pal said that the JPC presented its report in Parliament after six months of nationwide consultations.

Conclusion

It is clear from DFRAC’s fact-check that the viral claim alleging the Waqf Bill has been passed in the Rajya Sabha is completely misleading. The latest reports have indicated that a report on the Waqf Bill by JPC has only been tabled in Rajya Sabha.