MUMBAI: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Tuesday that the two main objectives of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill were to benefit the "poor" Muslims and "stop" the alleged looting and misuse of the Waqf property.

Kiren Rijiju also stressed that every inch of land should be put to use properly in a big country like India while detailing the reporters here about the approximate number of Waqf properties spanning across India.

Rijiju said, "India is a big country and every inch of land in this country should be used properly. There should be no dispute in this. India has the most land as Waqf property in the world. More than 9 lakh 72 thousand Waqf properties are in India but it is not being used for the poor Muslims. Its misuse and looting by occupying the property are matters of concern. So when we amended the land bill, our two main objectives were to benefit the poor Muslims and to stop the looting and misuse of the property..."