Will type committee to look into Waqf properties situation, says Siddaramaiah
Siddaramaiah mentioned the BJP, in its election manifesto, had mentioned that it will focus on with Muslim non secular leaders and clear and shield the encroached Waqf properties.
The federal government has clearly answered all of the questions of the opposition. This could take away the confusion among the many folks, he added.
Siddaramaiah additionally assured the Home that the federal government is not going to contact Waqf lands sanctioned underneath the Inam Cancellation and Land Reforms Act.
In keeping with him, of the overall 1.28 lakh acres of Waqf property, 47,263 acres are underneath the Inam Cancellation and 23,623 acres underneath the Land Reforms Act, and three,000 acres have been used for public functions. About 17,969 acres of Waqf land has been encroached on by non-public people.
“There’s a Supreme Court docket order to guard these. As soon as it’s registered as a Waqf property, it’ll all the time be a Waqf property,” he mentioned.
Throughout a dialogue on the difficulty of the Waqf Board issuing eviction notices to farmers, temples and plenty of different people, the chief minister mentioned, “If temples have been constructed on Waqf properties then we is not going to take away them. I’m making it very clear. In case any discover has been issued, they (notices) will probably be withdrawn.”
Because the raging Waqf situation echoed within the Meeting with the BJP elevating it, Waqf and minority affairs minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan clarified that if notices got to farmers and temples then they might be withdrawn.
The chief minister too reiterated Khan’s assertion and mentioned no farmer will probably be evicted from the land they’ve been tilling.
BJP legislator Araga Jnanendra demanded that the properties talked about within the authorities information as these of Waqf must also be eliminated because the mere cancelling of notices is not going to serve the aim.
Chief of the Opposition R Ashoka justified the demand by saying that 110 Kuruba households within the Krishna Raja constituency in Siddaramaiah’s dwelling district of Mysuru had been operating from pillar to put up to get the notices revoked.
They’ve submitted a number of memoranda to Siddaramaiah, however to no avail, he mentioned, including there have been tons of of such cases the place folks have been going through hardships as a result of such notices.
Khan reminded the BJP that in its manifesto in 2014, there was a promise to take away encroachment on Waqf properties.
