BJP lampoons Karnataka government’s expensive project to appease rain gods
Karnataka government under the leadership of Siddaramaiah had passed the anti-superstition bill. But ironically now, the Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka government has given special instructions to conduct special pooja in more than 30,000 temples spending Rs 10,000 for each temple to appease the rain gods!
Bengaluru: Taking a dig at the coalition government for issuing a circular to perform special poojas to appease rain gods, BJP Karnataka spokesperson S Prakash said that it was the Siddaramaiah government which had passed the Anti-Superstition bill. But, he added, “Instead of bringing into effect practical measures, the Karnataka government has asked all (more than 34,000) temples coming under the Muzrai department to perform special pooja at the cost of Rs 10,000 (for each temple) to bring in rain.”
Narasimhamurthy, a rationalist, also criticised the Karnataka government and said that the money being used for conducting special pooja should have been used to benefit the farmers.
