Chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagdambika Pal, will be visiting Karnataka. He will meet farmers protesting against alleged encroachment of their properties by Waqf Board. This comes after party leader and JPC member Tejasvi Surya requested Pal to invite farmers from Vijayapura as witnesses to discuss their land disputes with Waqf Board.