Basrur Shankar Poojary returns from Kuwait
Udupi, Jan 20: Shankar Poojary of Basrur in the district who was released from jail in Kuwait, returned to India. On Sunday, he left Mumbai for Udupi by train.
He was jailed for seven months in Kuwait on charges of carrying banned medicine to that country.
With the help of various organizations and the Indian government, the Kuwait court released him on January 15. Poojary who was working in Kuwait Agricultural and Food Products Company has lost the job. In view of this, he has returned to India. He left Mumbai on Sunday to his native place. He will reach Basrur railway station on Jan 21, family sources said.
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Waqf Bill anti-secular, will snatch rights of Muslims: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as “anti-secular”, claiming that it would snatch the rights of Muslims.
Banerjee, speaking in the assembly, also said the Centre did not consult with states over the matter.
“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular; it is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims... The Centre did not consult with us on the Waqf Bill,” she said.
The chief minister added that “if any religion was attacked”, she would wholeheartedly condemn it.
Opposition parties have stridently criticised the amendments proposed by the bill in the existing Waqf Act, alleging that they violate the religious rights of Muslims.
The ruling BJP has asserted that the amendments will bring transparency in the functioning of the Waqf boards and make them accountable.
A parliamentary committee has been constituted to scrutinise the contentious bill.
