Waqf (Amendment) Bill emerges as key issue in by-polls in Kerala
Wayanad Lok Sabha seat and two Assembly segments in Kerala. The Catholic Church, whose followers have significant influence in the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat where Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi is trying her electoral luck, has backed the Bill brought by the BJP-led government at the Centre, opposing the provisions in the existing law.
The Church alleged that numerous properties belonging to Christian families for generations in the villages of Cherai and Munambam in the Ernakulam district have been unlawfully claimed by the Waqf Board.
On Monday, the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church-backed 'Deepika' daily published an editorial, criticising the Congress-led UDF and the CPI(M)-led LDF, accusing them of passing a unanimous resolution in the state Assembly «to protect the Waqf law without seeing the tears of the affected people.»
The editorial alleged that both major fronts in Kerala are caught in mutual accusations, each claiming the other is secretly aiding the BJP.
«At the same time, both fronts (LDF and UDF) have backstabbed the victims of the Waqf law in Munambam and their supporters. Their stance is indirectly forcing the people to support the BJP,» according to the editorial.
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