India News | BJP Forms Panel to Meet Vijayapura Farmers Affected by Waqf Board Notice
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The BJP has constituted a five-member team to study and listen to the plight of farmers who were allegedly served notice by the Karnataka Board of Waqfs to vacate its land at a village in Vijayapura district.
Bengaluru, Oct 27 (PTI) The BJP has constituted a five-member team to study and listen to the plight of farmers who were allegedly served notice by the Karnataka Board of Waqfs to vacate its land at a village in Vijayapura district.
The team comprises, MP Govind Karjol, MLAs Harish Poonja and Mahesh Tenginkai, former MLC Arun Shahapur and BJP Kisan Morcha state general secretary Kalmarudappa.
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The team, however, did not have the Vijayapura BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal.
According to a statement issued by BJP state president B Y Vijayendra, the team will meet the affected farmers on October 29.
Villagers of Honavad were agitated when they got notice that all of their land belonged to Waqf board. They staged a demonstration at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Vijayapura on Saturday.
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