Then came Kumaraswamy at Dharmasthala. Takes the Truth Test.

Then came Kumaraswamy at Dharmasthala. Takes the Truth Test.

Mangalore Today / DHN

Dharmastala, June 27: JDS leader, H D Kumaraswamy took the oath affirming his allegations of corruption against Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who had backed out of the temple face-off  who had offered prayers at the Temple on Monday June 27.

 

It may be recalled here that Yeddyurappa, who had challenged Kumaraswamy to prove the allegations of corruption and nepotism against him by taking the truth test before a deity, had later retracted saying that religious leaders and BJP President Nitin Gadkari had asked him not to mix politics with religion.

 

 

After offering prayers at the temple, the Chief Minister said, "I did not ask anything for myself. On behalf of six crore people of the state I sought blessings of Lord Manjunatha for the prosperity of Karnataka."
Kumaraswamy, who visited the shrine at 12.30 today, pledged before the deity that he stood by the charges made by him against the Chief Minister in the last six to seven months.

"After offering worship, I submitted to God that whatever I told the media on June 14 about Yeddyurappa sending his emissary to strike a compromise to refrain against further exposure of his corrupt deeds, is 100 per cent true..," he told reporters outside the temple.

 

 

 

 

 

Kumaraswamy lashed out at Yeddyurappa for "reneging" on his challenge and termed him  a "betrayer" for "dragging Manjunatheshwara (Lord Manjunatha) into a political battle".

Defending his ’truth test’, Kumaraswamy said he was not concerned over the modalities set for the exercise. "From my heart and soul, I have narrated everything before God. It is for the Almighty to pronounce judgement", he said.

According to the tradition followed at the temple, aggrieved parties stand before the deity and take pledge on the issues they have been contesting, after payment of Rs 11 as fee. As per the custom, the temple authorities only facilitate the exercise, but do not interfere.

"In the last six or seven months I have released documentary evidence on the corruption involving the Chief Minister. All of them are true. I have only placed truth before people", Kumaraswamy said.

"Now let people decide who is following dharma and who is on the path of adharma. Yeddyurappa gave an open challenge, but did not keep up his word", Kumaraswamy said, referring to the advertisements in major dailies on June 16, challenging him to come with his family to Dharmasthala to swear that the allegations levelled were true.

Unruly behaviour exhibited by JD-S workers when former CM H D Kumaraswamy came to the kshetra for his satyada nivedhane’ (expression of truth) before the deity forced both Heggade and Harshendra to raise their voice and restore sanity in the temple premises.

A group of people belonging to a farmers organisation shouted slogans against Yeddyurappa and Kumaraswamy. Devotees criticised both the leaders for "disrupting" darshan schedules.

Mahendra Kumar, former Bajrang Dal convener who is now with the JD-S said Kumaraswamy, during his darshan of the deity, asserted that whatever he has stated with regard to Yeddyurappa sending an emissary to bring about a rapprochement between the two leaders was true. It is in response to this that the CM issued advertisement in the media challenging Kumaraswamy to come and swear before the presiding deity here.

 

Courtesy: DH News