Bangalore, Aug 2: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, C?K?Jaffer Sharief on Thursday announced an indefinite relay hunger strike demanding a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?into the largescale misappropriation in Amanath Co-operative Bank and misuse of Wakf properties in the State.
Sharief will be joined by two other Muslim Congress leaders, C?M?Ibrahim and MLA R?Roshan Baig, for the relay hunger strike over the next few days.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday evening, Sharief said, “It has always been the poorer strata of the Muslims who have invested in the bank. Due to the greed of a few people, a lot of poor people are suffering. We have already approached the government with a plea to hand over the investigation of the misappropriation to the CBI. But till date, the government has not yielded.”
He said the government should not, at any cost, allow the merger of the co-operative bank with nationalised banks as it would help the perpetrators of the misappropriation go scot-free.
At the other end, attacking the Al-Ameen Charitable Trust which is run by Union Minister for Minority Affairs K?Rehman Khan, the senior Congress leader said it had sold the Wakf property to a private builder in Bijapur.
“The Al-Ameen Medical College in Bijapur was established during Ramakrishna Hegde's tenure as chief minister. However, on the pretext of it being disapproved by the Medical Council of India (MCI), the land was sold by the charitable trust to another private trust which is owned by a private builder,” said Sharief.
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