Pejawar seer talks to CM and HDK over ''truth test''
"I advise both leaders to give up their plans of taking oath at Dharmasthala. If both swear by truth at the same time on the same issue, the chances of one lying will always be there", he told reporters here.
He
said
he
was
against
making
religious
centres
a
forum
for
'political
manipulations.'
The
action
of
both
leaders
in
taking
a
pledge
to
justify
their
stands
at
a
temple
would
set
a
bad
precedent,
he
opined.
On June 16, Kumaraswamy, a former Chief Minister under whom Yeddyurappa was a deputy in the JDS-BJP coalition before it fell apart, alleged that Yeddyurappa had sought to buy his silence by offering inducements in terms of money and future coalition, among others.
Yeddyurappa then placed advertisements in leading dailies on June 18 challenging Kumaraswamy to come to the pilgrim town of Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district, where both of them can meet and take an oath in front of Lord Manjunatha Swamy on June 27.
The Chief Minister's camp, led by Home and Transport Minister R Ashoka, fixed June 27 for the "truth test" and it was accepted on June 18 by Kumaraswamy, a Lok Sabha member who is also JDS state unit president.
The entire episode started unfolding on Jun 16 when Kumaraswamy, a former Chief Minister, alleged that Yeddyurappa had sought to buy his silence by offering inducements in terms of money and future coalition, among others.
Hitting back, Yeddyurappa placed newspaper advertisements last Saturday challenging Kumaraswamy to come to the famous pilgrim town of Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district, where both of them can meet and take an oath in front of Lord Manjunatha Swami.
Kumaraswamy has accepted the challenge and said he would be in Dharmasthala to perform the oath before Lord Manjunatha.
PTI