Hyderabad, March 27 -- AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi urged the state government to adopt a resolution in the Assembly, duly rejecting the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which the Centre wants to enact.

Speaking on the debate on the appropriation of bills in the legislative Assembly on Thursday, March 27, he urged the state government to bring Waqf lands under the prohibited list in the Bhu Bharathi revenue portal.

He said that certain leaders in the BJP were instigating the BCs, saying Muslims were taking away their reservations, which he termed as false propaganda. He pointed out that Muslims have been included in the OBC list even in BJP-ruled states like Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

He also said that state governments could raise the ...