With the opposition BJP mounting strain on the Karnataka authorities over the Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) probe into the Dharmasthala secret burials case, the state authorities is anticipated to desk a response on the matter within the Legislative Meeting on Monday.
The response has additionally gained significance following the remarks made by Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar, who has described the case to be a ‘huge conspiracy’ to tarnish the repute of the temple city. By these remarks, Shivakumar lent his voice to the allegations made by BJP legislators concerning the case over the previous week.
On Sunday, a delegation of round 20 legislators underneath BJP state president B Y Vijayendra visited Dharmasthala and demanded an apology from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for failing to curb the ‘misinformation marketing campaign’ concentrating on the temple city. This was in reference to the social media posts by some teams concerning the alleged crimes that came about round Dharmasthala.
The delegation met Rajya Sabha MP Dr Veerendra Heggade, who can be the Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala. Vijayendra criticised the federal government for failing to behave towards these making false allegations towards Dharmasthala. On the remarks by Shivakumar, he urged him to “instantly disclose details about these behind the conspiracy towards Dharmasthala,” if the deputy CM was really a devotee of the Sri Manjunatheshwara Temple situated within the city.
Final week, the BJP had demanded that the state authorities desk an interim report on the investigation carried out by SIT. On Thursday, throughout a dialogue on the case on the Legislative Meeting, BJP MLA Sunil Kumar had contended that Left teams have been finishing up a smear marketing campaign towards Dharmasthala and different Hindu locations of worship. The exhumation carried out close to the city, he mentioned, would finally “shake the federal government”. “All the Cupboard ought to go to Dharmasthala and apologise,” he added.
The probe is predicated on a grievance filed by a whistleblower, who has alleged that he was pressured to bury a number of our bodies between 1998 and 2014. After exhuming a number of places since July 29, the SIT is alleged to have discovered two skeletons.