Govt informed Parliament on Wednesday that 58,929 Waqf properties were facing encroachment as per the details available on WAMSI (Waqf Assets Management System of India). In a written reply to a question in LS by BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai, minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said that out of the 58,929 Waqf properties facing encroachment, 869 were in Karnataka.
