Kerala LoP accuses Centre of 'cheating' Munambam villagers

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Kerala assembly VD Satheesan on Thursday alleged that while the central government "cheated" the people of Munambam village, the Left government in Kerala "betrayed" them.

- Press Trust of India

KOCHI:

Satheesan claimed that the BJP was trying to create "Islamophobia" through the Munambam issue, and that the Pinarayi Vijayan-led state government was supporting such attempts.

He stated that he and the Congress-led UDF had maintained from the beginning that the recent amendments to the Waqf Act would not help Munambam residents in their struggle for land rights, as the land in question did not belong to the Waqf.

However, he alleged that the Centre misled residents by suggesting that the amended Waqf law would resolve their issue, while the Left government had the State Waqf Board assert that the land was indeed part of the Waqf.