Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla has slammed the Congress-led Karnataka authorities for its strikes associated to the Waqf land subject, ANI reported.
Chatting with the information company, Poonawalla jibed on the state authorities for retracting notices associated to the Waqf land subject and known as it a “U-turn professional”.
‘U-turn, Vote Financial institution’
“The Karnataka authorities has now turn into a U-turn professional. First, it says that there was no MUDA rip-off, after which it returns to the land of the MUDA rip-off. Now Siddaramaiah has ordered that no farmer’s land will probably be taken,” Poonawalla mentioned.
“However Waqf will not be stopping in any respect, 53 Waqf properties have been recognized in Vijayapura and Karnataka. This clearly signifies that the Congress wished to provide the farmers’ land to Waqf, to its vote financial institution, in a deliberate method. At present, when the method of bringing amendments in Waqf takes place in JPC, the Congress opposes it,” he added.
What Occurred?
In keeping with an announcement by the Chief Minister’s Workplace, CM Siddaramaiah on November 2 directed officers to right away retract all notices despatched to farmers regarding waqf land points, stating that no disturbances needs to be induced to the farmers.
On the identical day, Karnataka Waqf and Minority Affairs Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan slammed the opposition BJP within the state for a row over waqf discover to farmers and alleged that it was “projected in another way.”
Chatting with ANI on November 2, Khan mentioned that the discover has been withdrawn for reconsideration. “The short-term discover served to farmers has been made into an enormous subject by the BJP. They’ve projected it in another way and are giving the fallacious message to the nation. The CM has determined to withdraw the discover and we’re reconsidering it,” he said.
‘Disturbance of Peace’
The Chief Minister’s directive got here after a high-level assembly involving senior officers from the Income Division, Minority Welfare Division, and the Waqf Board.
The CM expressed robust dissatisfaction over current actions taken by sure officers and highlighted that the JD(S) and BJP have been allegedly utilizing the Waqf matter for political achieve, doubtlessly disturbing peace within the state. He appealed to the general public to ignore any misinformation and known as on officers to make sure the matter was dealt with sensitively, as per the report.
Karnataka Legislative Council LoP Chalavadi Narayanaswamy reacted to the withdrawal orders by calling it an “eyewash” to win the native elections. “Now, you have given the order to withdraw the notices. However nonetheless, within the gazette, it’s only Waqf’s property. So this isn’t an answer in any respect. I’ll instantly request CM Siddaramaiah to withdraw the 1974 gazette. In any other case, it’s simply an eyewash to win the native elections. This is not going to carry any aid to the farmers,” he alleged.