Will you turn your Mutt into Mosque or Church: BJP MP asks seer

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August 28, 2017

Belagavi, Aug 28: BJP leader and Member of Parliament Suresh Angadi has triggered a controversy by asking Sri Siddarama Swami of Nagnur Rudrakshi Mutt whether the latter would turn the mutt into a mosque or a church.

The seer is spearheading an agitation seeking recognition to Lingayat religion. “Nagnur Mutt senior seer Sri Shiva Basava Swami baptised me when I was a child. He is no more now. All my life, my parents told me that I was a Hindu. I believed that I have lived according to my belief. But his junior Sri Siddarama Swami is now heading a movement to carve out Lingayatism as a religion, by dividing Hindus. If the Nagnur Mutt seer claims that he is not a Hindu, will he turn Nagnur Rudrakshi Mutt into a mosque or a church?” the MP asked.

He termed some Lingayat leaders as “vested interests who were trying to divide society, and were doing a disservice to Basaveshwara who had united 790 castes and sub-castes back in the 12th Century”.

Mr. Angadi reiterated that the rally to seek religion status in Belagavi on Tuesday was a Congress rally and not a Lingayat rally. “That is why I stayed away from it,” he said. It was the BJP that introduced Basaveshwara to the world. “We supported the efforts to put up Basaveshwara’s bust in London,” he said.

But the Congress is misleading the community and its leaders. It is a serious issue and all religious and political leaders should sit and discuss it before taking a decision, he said.

The MP maintained that he was a Hindu and asked the Nagnur seer to clarify whether he was a Hindu.

“But then, we are all Indians first. The BJP believes in the unity of all Indians, but the Congress does not. It has been dividing people on religious lines. The party was behind the agitations by Patels in Gujarat, Jats in Rajasthan and Marathas in Maharashtra. All this was because the Congress is trying to destabilise the country. Similarly, it is playing a political game in Karnataka, by provoking Lingayats to rise against the Union government,” he alleged.

He also alleged that Lingayat leaders who organised the rally in the Lingaraj College Grounds had given false information about the purpose of the convention. They said that it was for a convention and got permission to hold the rally, he said and clarified that he was not invited to the rally.

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wellwisher
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Monday, 28 Aug 2017

Sir,

Why these religious matters you are raising in assembly session... Mutt, Mandir ;Swamy and all religious matters should  be far way from your political goons hand. We don't want to see any political goons involement or intervention in such religious issue. There are well educated;qualified religious dignitaires to discuss and solve the matter. Your Israely policy will not work out in KARNATAKA. If have any capacity knowledge to  develop our state like Sir Bharat Ratna Visweshrayya then come in front and do. Or wearing KHADI and a Panga nama on your forehead will not change  qualified Kannadigas mind set.

So be Hushaar .

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April 10,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 10: Eight foreign nationals from Italy and United Kingdom, who were undergoing treatment in Kerala, have recovered fully from COVID-19, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday.

The state reported 12 more positive cases of coronavirus on Thursday taking the total number of confirmed cases to 357, Vijayan said as he cautioned that the strict vigil against the pandemic will continue.

While the northern districts of Kannur and Kasaragod reported four cases each, two cases were reported from Malappuram district and one each from Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram districts, Vijayan told reporters after a COVID-19 review meeting here.

Of the eight foreign nationals, seven were undergoing treatment at the Ernakulam Medical College Hospital and one in Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital, Vijayan said, adding that some of the patients were in a serious condition.

The seven foreigners from UK, admitted in Ernakulam medical college, were part of the group which had on March 15 tried to leave the country without permission while being under observation at Munnar, a hill station in the state.

The Italian tourist in Thiruvananthapuram was staying at a resort at Varkala near here and was admitted to hospital on March 13, Vijayan said.

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Bengaluru, Jan 8: The Karnataka high court on Tuesday directed the government to submit steps taken in respect of the order of Lokyukta in relation to the Kethaganahalli landgrab case involving former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, his relatives and former minister DC Thammanna.

A division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka gave the direction on a PIL filed by Samaj Parivartan Samudaya (SPS), an NGO. The petitioner said despite an order from the Lokayukta on August 5, 2014, to take action within 15 days, no action has been initiated till date in respect of encroachment of a huge tract of land in Kethaganahalli along Bengaluru-Mysuru highway.

SPS says the land was purchased in 1979 contrary to norms of Karnataka Land Revenue Act. It claims Kumaraswamy and others paid only Rs 5,000 per acre, although the prevailing market rate was Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 per acre.

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