Mysuru: Upping the ante following allegations by farmers, educational institutions and Hindu Temples in certain parts of Karnataka that their lands were illegally marked as Waqf properties, the BJP staged Statewide protests this morning, accusing the ruling Congress Government of directing officials to take over lands that have been passed down through generations.
The Opposition party also demanded the sacking of Waqf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan from the Cabinet. The BJP has decided to go ahead with the protests despite Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday directing officials that all notices issued to farmers be immediately revoked and any unauthorised amendments in land records without due notice must also be nullified.
