Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya (L) and Domariyaganj MP Jagdambika Pal. (Photos: Tejasvi Surya/ Jagdambika Pal/ Facebook)
Amid the contention implicit notices issued by Karnataka’s waqf board, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, who is president of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) connected the Waqf Amendment Bill, volition sojourn the authorities connected Thursday.
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya wrote connected X connected Tuesday that Pal had consented to sojourn Hubballi and Bijapur to “interact with farmers affected by the predatory action” of the Karnataka State Board of Auqaf.
“Chairman volition interact with husbandman organisations, Mutts and petitions fixed to him volition beryllium placed earlier JPC,” the MP said.
The improvement comes amid protests by the BJP over the notices issued successful parts of Karnataka by the committee to wide encroachments. The Congress government, however, has decided to retreat the notices successful the aftermath of absorption to them.
Meanwhile, Union curate Shobha Karandlaje came nether occurrence from Karnataka Information Technology Minister Priyank Kharge aft she on with firebrand BJP person Basanagouda Patil Yatnal staged an overnight protestation astatine Vijayapura.
Like different BJP leaders, the Union curate termed the notices issued to wide encroachments arsenic being portion of “land jihad”.
Kharge pointed to an unstarred question raised by Karandlaje successful the Lok Sabha successful 2019 seeking details of assistance provided by the Centre to states for the digitisation of waqf records.
“Why was she soundless erstwhile the BJP Government employed GIS Mapping exertion to place WAQF properties for the removal of encroachments? Did anyone perceive the MP rise concerns oregon protestation successful Parliament then? What is her sentiment connected the recommendations of the Committee?” helium asked, posting an representation of the effect provided to her Lok Sabha question.
The effect by past Union number affairs curate Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that the enactment of “GIS Mapping of waqf properties by the State Waqf Boards (SWBs) and IIT, Rookee and AMU, Aligarh, is being carried retired efficaciously and progressively successful assorted states with a extremity to digitize 100% of the waqf properties. The GIS Mapping of the waqf properties would assistance successful recognition and removal of encroachment from these properties”.