Waqf land issue: Karnataka govt will review recent notices to farmers in Vijayapura, says home minister G Parameshwara

In the wake of protests by Vijayapura farmers over notices to vacate ancestral land claimed by the Karnataka Board of Waqfs, Home Minister G Parameshwara announced a review of the situation. The farmers, holding land records, alleged the changes occurred after Waqf Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan’s visit, without prior notification.