As per report the Union home minister amit shah had accused the Waqf Board of grabbing land of temples, villagers and others in karnataka and stressed that it was time to make changes in the body and amend the related Act. He also claimed that no one can stop the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which is “needed to check infiltrators", and assured tribals that they will be kept out of its ambit.
Meanwhile he said while addressing a poll rally in Jharkhand’s Baghmara “The Waqf Board is in the habit of grabbing land. In karnataka, it has devoured the assets of villagers. It has grabbed land parcels of temples, farmers and villagers. Tell me whether changes are required in Waqf Board or not. hemant Babu and rahul gandhi say no. I tell you let them oppose it, the bjp will pass the Bill to amend the Waqf Act. No one can stop us". He also accused the JMM led coalition of making infiltrators its vote bank and claimed that “trainloads of illegal immigrants will be sent to bangladesh if the bjp is voted to power in Jharkhand".
Moreover the union home minister promised that if the bjp is voted to power, it would make jharkhand the most prosperous state in the country in the next five years and “each paisa looted by JMM-Congress leaders will be returned to its treasury." He added “We will set up mineral based industries in jharkhand and create an environment in which no one will migrate to other states”. The bjp leader also took an apparent dig at congress leader sonia gandhi and urged voters to press the button for lotus, the symbol of the bjp, so hard that “current is felt in Italy".