Union Minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday slammed the Congress government in Karnataka over the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Bill passed by the state assembly, and called it a “new low” for the state’s ruling party.
“Every time you think Rahul’s Congress cannot fall any lower, along comes and example of them falling even lower,” Chandrasekhar said.
“The Karnataka Congress headed by D K Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah, Rahul’s handpicked leaders for the Karnataka Congress, have today brought a Karnataka Religious Endowment Bill, where they propose that 10 per cent of donations received by the Hindu temples every year will be taken away by the government without assigning any reason or cause,” he said.
“This money that is being given to the temple by Hindu devotees for the upkeep of the temple as a sign of faith is in a sense being looted by the government of Karnataka to fund their various requirements for the Congress,” he said.