Today in Politics: Waqf Panel chief heads to Karnataka amid rising BJP heat over ‘encroachment’ notices

He is besides apt to conscionable others, including a big of Karnataka BJP leaders, who person launched a disturbance implicit the issue. Pal besides said Wednesday that the waqf sheet volition conscionable its deadline of submitting the study successful Parliament successful the archetypal week of the Parliament’s Winter Session owed to commencement connected November 25.

In a station connected X connected Tuesday, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, who is besides a subordinate of the committee, said, “Chairman of JPC connected Waqf has kindly consented to my petition to sojourn Hubli and Bijapur connected November 7 to interact with farmers affected by the Waqf’s predatory action.”

The background: Following a ‘waqf adalat (hearing)’ held connected October 10, the Vijayapura territory medication issued 124 notices successful each implicit assorted properties owned by the Karnataka State Board for Auqaf, oregon the waqf board, but nether the possession of 433 people. Of the 13 taluks successful Vijayapura district, 2 taluks, Indi and Chadachan, made mutations successful file 11 of Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops (RTC) pursuing the notices.

Mutation is simply a alteration made successful the RTC, with the crushed for the alteration entered successful file 11. After verification, an introduction is made successful file 9 of the RTC, registering the proprietor of the land.

The BJP took up the contented soon after, and towards the extremity of October, held an agitation accusing the waqf committee of sending notices regarding “1,200 acres of land” astatine Honwad successful Vijayapura district, which it said was cultivated by farmers. The protestation was led by BJP person Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who called the determination “tyrannical” and said the enactment would determination tribunal against “notices” issued by tehsildars connected behalf of the waqf board.

Yatnal, who is known for rustling up controversies, besides changeable disconnected a missive to Prime Minister Modi seeking that waqf properties beryllium nationalised “in presumption of the arbitrary, blatant usurpation successful claiming of the lands of farmers, landowners, temples, trusts and mutts crossed the state by the waqf board”.

In context: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which seeks to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, projected immoderate sweeping changes to the regulatory model of Muslim charitable endowments. The changes, opposed by Opposition parties and dubbed “unconstitutional”, see giving the authorities a large accidental successful regulating Waqf properties, redefining however a spot is deemed to beryllium successful the possession of Waqf to changing the creation of Waqf boards successful states. The 31-member committee was tasked by the Lok Sabha to scrutinise the Bill to amend the instrumentality governing Waqf boards.

Pal’s sojourn to Karnataka comes astatine a clip erstwhile Opposition members of the committee person raised questions astir the deposition of “non-stakeholders” and the committee sessions being tally successful “violation of rules”, members of the ruling enactment person alleged “willful disruption” connected the portion of the Opposition to debar facing pugnacious questions.

“People who are not stakeholders are being called for deposition. It lone means your volition is not right. It shows you are not funny successful doing justice,” Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant, who walked retired from immoderate of the committee meetings, told The Indian Express. An Opposition MP besides alleged that much deposition clip was being fixed to those who suit the “BJP and authorities agenda” connected the Waqf issue.

PM Modi and Amit Shah’s schedule

On Thursday, the Indian Armed Forces volition beryllium celebrating the 10th day of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah volition code an anti-terror league scheduled to beryllium held successful New Delhi connected Thursday.

Maharashtra run updates

On November 7, Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray volition run successful Daryapur. Abhijit Adsul, the lad of Shinde-led Shiv Sena person Anand Adsul, is contesting from the seat.

Following this, Thackeray volition run for Sunil Kharate, the party’s campaigner from Badnera.

In context: Though dealt a assemblage stroke by the Eknath Shinde revolt of June 2022, Thackeray managed to avert a implicit collapse, showing yet again wherefore helium cannot beryllium written off. In the Lok Sabha elections, the Shiv Sena (UBT) won 9 of the 21 seats it contested, with a onslaught complaint astir adjacent to Shinde’s party.

Like Pawar, Uddhav present faces a litmus test. At involvement is the accidental to found helium is the existent heir to his begetter Bal Thackeray’s governmental bequest and not his erstwhile lieutenant Shinde. The elections, successful short, volition beryllium a mandate for the existent Sena. The polls volition besides beryllium important arsenic acold arsenic Thackeray’s presumption wrong the MVA is considered and his chances of remaining successful the speech for the CM’s station if the confederation returns to power.

—- With PTI inputs