"Government is committed to protecting rights of minorities": Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah tells Muslim leaders

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 26 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday held talks with the representatives of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) who met him at Home Office 'Krishna' and assured them that he would protect the rights of minorities. 
"The state government will act to protect the rights of minorities, and no need to worry about this," assured Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. 
On this occasion, the leaders of the delegation expressed concern about the threat to the rights of Muslims and the Muslim personal law due to the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code.
The Chief Minister said that we will respond after the publication of the draft of Uniform Civil Code. Our government will never allow suppression of minority rights. He said that the central government is creating unnecessary controversy in the wake of the election.
On this occasion, the members of the delegation also requested the government to protect the Waqf properties and clear encroachment.
Former Rajya Sabha Vice President K. Rehman Khan, Housing and Minority Welfare Minister BZ Zameer Ahmad Khan, Legislative Council Chief Whip Saleem Ahmed, MLA Rizwan Arshad, Political Secretary to Chief Minister Nazir Ahmed, Maulana Syed Mustafa Rafai Nadvi, Maulana Syed Muhammad Tanveer Hashmi, Maulana Shabir Ahmad Hussaini Nadvi, Mufti Iftikhar. Ahmed Qasmi and others were present.
The previous Law Commission had rejected the central government's proposal saying that implementation of Uniform Civil Code was not feasible in this diverse country. Now the Central Government has asked the present Law Commission to review this matter again.
Accordingly, the Law Commission is collecting opinions from the public. On behalf of his board, he said that more than one crore people have signed the petition against the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code and sent it to the Law Commission. (ANI)