Senior BJP leader and Karnataka Leader of Opposition R Ashoka has accused the state government of appeasement politics, alleging that Waqf references are being entered into farmers' land records. He claims over 1.8 lakh farmers' Records of Rights, Tenancy and Crops (RTC) have been affected, with the process potentially covering three lakh RTCs across 31 districts. District-wise, he cited 73,000 RTCs in Uttara Kannada, 48,000 in Dakshina Kannada, 38,000 in Shivamogga, 18,000 in Bengaluru South, and 17,000 each in Kalaburagi and Bagalkote.