Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the Waqf Board of grabbing land of temples, villagers and others in Karnataka and asserted that it was time to make changes in the body and amend the related Act.

A false claim is doing the rounds on social media platforms stating that the area of properties owned by Waqf Board in India is more than the total land area of Pakistan.

Amit Shah also claimed that no one can stop the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which is "needed to check infiltrators", and assured tribals that they would be kept out of its ambit.

Amit Shah accused the Waqf Board of land grabbing, vowed to amend the Waqf Act, and emphasised the need for implementing the Uniform Civil Code to prevent illegal immigration during his rally in Jharkhand.

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Addressing rallies in Jharkhand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused Hemant Soren's government of protecting unauthorized Bangladeshi immigrants for political gain. He pledged that the BJP, if elected,