BJP using Waqf issue as ‘political weapon’: Karnataka Home Minister Parameshwara

“They (BJP) are utilizing it (Waqf issue) arsenic a governmental weapon. It means, determination whitethorn beryllium efforts for communal flare ups and disturbing peace. It is our allegation that they mightiness beryllium utilizing their yatra (tour) for it. How things volition instrumentality signifier successful the future, we cannot speculate now,” Parameshwara told reporters here.

Asked whether the ruling Congress feared that BJP would effort to make instrumentality and bid concern and pave the mode for President’s regularisation successful the state, helium said, “it is not possible. The constabulary section has been abely maintaining bid successful the state. There mightiness person been fewer incidents, but by and ample we person been palmy successful maintaining peace.” A conception of farmers and others successful definite parts of the authorities person alleged that their lands were marked arsenic Waqf properties.

With the enactment escalating, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had directed officials to revoke each notices issued to farmers, and immoderate unauthorised amendments successful onshore records without owed announcement besides beryllium nullified.

Reacting to BJP’s claims that the Lokayukta probe has proved that the 40 percent committee complaint leveled against the erstwhile BJP authorities by the Congress is wholly “false”, Parameshwara said helium was not alert astir the ground of specified claims.

Hitting backmost astatine the BJP, the Minister said it is incorrect to accidental that Congress came to powerfulness lone due to the fact that of the 40 percent committee run against the past BJP government, arsenic determination were besides warrant schemes among different things.

“It whitethorn beryllium BJP’s assertion that Congress came to powerfulness by perpetually levelling 40 per cent committee complaint against the erstwhile BJP government. The past authorities contractors’ relation President Kempanna, who is present nary more, had written to the PM alleging corruption and 40 percent committee was being collected, during the BJP government. Based connected it, Congress arsenic a party, successful the involvement of the people, had taken up the issue,” helium added.

To a question connected BJP challenging CM Siddaramaiah to beryllium his allegation that Rs 50 crore bribe was offered by the enactment to 50 Congress MLAs to topple the government, Parameshwara said fto PM Narendra Modi besides beryllium his allegations that the ruling Congress is collecting upto Rs 700 crore from liquor store owners successful Karnataka for Maharashtra polls.

“…let authorities BJP leaders inquire for grounds from the PM for his allegations, truthful that they tin combat present much strongly. We volition springiness impervious later,” helium added.