DK: 21,292 Young voters included: Sasikant Senthil
Total 16,97, 417 voters in the district
Mangaluru, Jan 16: Deputy Commissioner Sasikant Senthil has said that as per the instructions given by the Election Commission of India, 21,292 young voters were included in the list of revised voters list after conducting a flash registration and special registration in all the booths in Dakshina Kannada district in November.
Addressing a press conference at the DC Office, he informed that all voters whose names have been included in the voters' list will be given voter IDs on the national voter's day, on January 25, at Town Hall.
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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.
