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f the CM truly cares about farmers,he should revoke the Wakf gazette notification:Bommai
Hubballi:Former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai clarified that he had only asked the Wakf Board to reclaim the Wakf properties encroached by Congress leaders,as per the Anwar Manipaddy report,and not farmers’properties.
Speaking to the media here on Sunday,he said that Housing,Minorities Welfare and Wakf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan had released an old video of his and was falsely propagating that he had asked the Wakf Board to take over farmers’ lands.I had spoken at a Wakf event.I did not hold any Wakf Board meeting.
What I mentioned then was based on the report given by Anwar Manipaddy’s committee.It clearly outlines which prominent Congress leaders have fraudulently encroached on Wakf properties.We did not issue any notice to farmers,nor did we seize any farmers’land,” Bommai said.
The Minister urged Zameer Ahmed Khan to first recover the Wakf properties encroached by Congress leaders before issuing notices to farmers.
Bommai also criticized Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s move of instructing the withdrawal of notices to farmers as a political tactic to gain public favor.
What guarantee there was that the notices would not be reissued after the elections.Instead,the government should revoke any gazette notifications related to Wakf properties if the CM truly cares about farmers’welfare and wants to protect their lands.No notices should be issued to farmers”.
He reiterated that during their tenure,any notices issued were related to properties in the name of certain individuals misusing Muslim property titles.We did not issue any notices to farmers,”Bommai clarified.
