Withdraw provision to appoint persons from other religions in temple management: BJP to Karnataka govt
Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra has criticized the Congress government‘s move to utilize 10 percent of revenues of the temples with more than Rs.one crore income.
“The Congress government which is adopting a series of ‘anti-Hindu‘ positions in the state has set its evil eye on the temples to fill its empty coffers. The ruling Congress has tabled the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Bill, 2024, and got the consent of the House,” Vijayendra said on Wednesday.
“As per the bill, in the future, the Karnataka government will take away 10 percent of the revenues of the temples which have more than Rs.one crore revenues. This is nothing but being in a state of utter poverty. The money given by the devotees to the temples and their devoutness should be used to renovate temples and create facilities for the devotees. If it is utilized for other purposes, it amounts to committing an atrocity and fraud on the Trust of God by the devotees,” the State BJP President added.
“The question of crores of devotees is, why the government is always eyeing on the revenues of Hindu temples but not on the sacred places of other religions? Instead of taking a share in the money of the devotees let the government place collection boxes in temples and plead them to help out to run the state. They might get donations from generous devotees,” Vijayendra asked the Congress government.
The BJP has urged the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government to withdraw the provision in the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Bill, 2024 allowing persons of other religions to become members of temple management.
The new bill was tabled and consent was secured in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. Taking to social media, the BJP said on Thursday that, as per the new bill, persons from other religions could become a part of the management of a temple.
This is the malicious intent of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to dry the coffers of temples with the help of persons from other religions much the same way he has rendered the state’s treasury empty, the BJP said.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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