வக்பு நிலங்களில் ஊழலை நிறுத்து: பாஜக கோரிக்கை

மஹாராஷ்டிராவில் வக்பு நிலங்களை விற்றது பெரும் பிரச்னையாக ஆகியிருக்கிறது. இந்த நிலங்கள் முறைகேடாக விற்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. சுமார் 10000 கோடி பொறுமான நிலங்கள் இவ்வாறு ஊழலில் சிக்கியிருக்கின்றன என்று பாஜக குற்றம் சாட்டியுள்ளது.

முஸ்லீம் பொதுமக்களுக்கு சொந்தமான நிலத்தை ஒரு சிலரே அனுபவித்து அவற்றை சுயநலத்துக்காக விற்றும் பணம் சம்பாதித்திருக்கிறார்கள் என்பதை ஆவணப்பூர்வமாக காட்டும் பிரசுரத்தை 10000 காப்பிகள் அடித்து வினியோகிப்பதாக பாஜக தலைவர் காட்காரி தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

BJP stokes Wakf fire, wants to 'expose' govt
18 Aug, 2007, 0126 hrs IST, TNN

MUMBAI: It’s Muslim appeasement, the BJP style. The Maharashtra government may have announced a judicial commission to probe the Wakf land dealings, but the BJP is far from satisfied. Its state unit is reaching out to the Muslim community in a big way to “expose illegal deals involving Wakf property worth Rs 10,000 crore”, said state BJP president Nitin Gadkari here on Friday.

After targeting the government, more particularly chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, on the Wakf episode, the BJP has decided to go public. Mr Gadkari told reporters that the state executive of the BJP, which began a three-day meeting here on Friday, has decided to make an appeal to the Muslim conscience. As part of the strategy, the party has published 10,000 copies of a booklet detailing dubious Wakf land deals.

“All these copies are in Urdu so that maximum number of Muslims read it and get to know about the massive corruption involving land that was supposed to be utilised for charitable and religious purposes of the Muslim community,” Mr Gadkari said.

That the BJP is interested in engaging Muslims is evident from the fact that it has brought out only 2,500 copies of the booklet in Marathi. “The party’s stand on the Wakf land issue has been warmly received by the Muslim community. I have personally been complimented by several community leaders, intellectuals and religious leaders. The Urdu newspapers are keenly following the controversy,” Mr Gadkari said.

Mr Gadkari also made a reference to the strained ties between the BJP and the Shiv Sena, which is being discussed at various levels of the party. The party is seeking the views of office-bearers and cadres as well on the alliance, and a final decision would be taken after the completion of this exercise.

But Mr Gadkari categorically denied party president Rajnath Singh’s reported assurance to Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray that the it was the BJP which was for the alliance to continue. “All Rajnath Singh did was to seek the Sena’s support in the vice-presidential poll. We are not aware of any such assurance,” Mr Gadkari said.