Farmers protest in Vijayapura over land declared waqf property

Farmers in Vijayapura, Karnataka, are staging a protest against the Waqf Board’s decision to designate 1,500 acres of their land as Waqf property. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya met the farmers, who claim documentation of ownership from the early 1900s. The issuance of notices and alteration of mutation records by the board has sparked a political conflict.