JPC Chairman's visit over Waqf row is politically motivated, says Karnataka deputy CM

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Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar, criticized the visit of Jagadambika Pal, Chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, calling it politically motivated. Shivakumar argued that Pal's visit, accompanied by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, was a political maneuver ahead of upcoming elections.

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D. K. Shivakumar

9th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka

Jagdambika Pal

Indian politician

Waqf

Islamic charitable endowment
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Karnataka

State in southern India
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Tejasvi Surya

Indian politician

Joint parliamentary committee

Indian ad hoc committee
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Bharatiya Janata Party

Indian political party
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