Lucknow, April 14 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has alleged that deadly violence is being incited across the country in the name of Waqf properties, claiming that three Hindu men, including a father and son, were dragged out of their homes and lynched in West Bengal's Murshidabad district amid unrest linked to land disputes.
Speaking at a workshop under the Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Samman Abhiyan at Bhagidari Bhawan in Lucknow on Sunday, the Chief Minister accused vested interests of stoking communal tensions to derail the government's efforts to reclaim illegally occupied Waqf land.
"In many states, lakhs of acres have been grabbed in the name of Waqf - without any documents or entries in land revenue...