Mangalore, February 4: President of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations Narendra Nayak has regretted that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa “is becoming more and more superstitious day by day.”
In a statement here, Mr. Nayak said the Chief Minister had been visiting temples, maths and a number of other places which supposedly have supernatural powers.
“This mania has now reached a stage where he is scared of the new moon day, and it is now said that he is observing some new rituals … to ward off the ill-effects of some black magic done on him, as advised by his favourite astrologer.” Stating that Mr. Yeddyurappa had come to power by “allegedly using occult powers” and was now accusing others of resorting to the same to unseat him, Mr. Nayak said by observing new rituals he was demonstrating that he was unfit to occupy the position of Chief Minister of a State like Karnataka — software capital of the world and home to many premier institutes of science.
“He has, perhaps, forgotten that he is the constitutional authority of the executive in the State and is bound to go by its provisions,” he said.
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