Yeddyurappa offers prayers at Dharmasthala, does not undergo truth test

Yeddyurappa offers prayers at Dharmasthala, does not undergo truth test

Mangalore Today News Network

Dharmastala, Jun 27: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa offered prayers at the temple of Lord Manjunatha on Monday June 27. He did not undergo a ’’truth test’’ before the deity, a challenge he had thrown to JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy but later retracted.

Yeddyurappa had boldly challenged Kumaraswamy to prove the allegations of corruption and nepotism against him by taking the truth test before a deity.

Kumaraswamy had also alleged that Yeddyurappa had sought to buy his silence by offering inducements in terms of money and future coalition, among others.

Yeddyurappa had later said he had dropped the idea of the truth test on the advice of religious leaders and BJP President Nitin Gadkari.

 

The CM accompanied by 30 MLAs reached Puttur by train in the early morning. Padmanbha Kothary, District BJP presdent along with V.S. Achar, Minister for Higher Education, Nalinkumar Kateel, MP, received him in the railway station.  They arrived at the Temple by a special bus. Surendra Kumar and  Harshendra Kumar, brothers of Dr D Veerendra Heggade received at Dharmastala.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cm and Ministers offered prayers at Manjunath Swami Temple in the presence of Dr Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmastala. Shatarudrabhisheka, a special puja was offered by the CM.

"I did not pray for myself, but for the state," Yeddyurappa said addressed media persons. “I have not taken any oath but only prayed to Manjunatha Swami for the welfare of the state and its people”, he added. “I have come Dharmastala to seek blessing from Manjunatha Swami to make Karnataka prosperous and well being of the people. I pledged to develop Karnataka into the most developed state in two years. He did not comment on H.D. Kumaraswamy’s visit to Dharmastala and the oath-taking drama that preceded his visit.

Yeddyurappa also rejected allegations of Opposition Congress and JDS that the BJP government has pushed the state into a debt trap.

 

 

 

 

 

“The state has seen tremendous development in the past three years and that he will strive hard to make the state the best in the country”, he said. “By grace of God, the state is getting good rains” he added.

"Swamijis of Taralabalu, Suttur, Pejavar and Nitin Gadkari prevailed upon me to call off the oath taking programme," Yeddyurappa told reporters.

V S Acharya, Renukacharya, Halappa, Deputy Speaker of state assembly Yogish Bhat and MLA Anand Asnotikar had accompanied him in his visit to the Temple. The CM inspected special guard of honour by the police on his arrival at Dharmastala.
Karnataka Raita Sangha shouted slogans against CM, BJP workers clashed with the protesters. No untoward incident happened except the protest.

He left for Subramanya after from Dharmastala along with the ministers.

JD(S) president, H. D. Kumaraswamy is also expected to visit at Dharmasthala to offer prayers and hold a public meeting at Ujire later.