Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy Accuses BJP Of Dumping Bricks Collected For Ram Temple Into Garbage

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who heads the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance government, has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of dumping the bricks collected for Ram temple into garbage.

The statement, which was made while replying to the motion of thanks to the Governor's address, has led to protests.

The chief minister is under pressure from the BJP to implement his poll promises. In an attempt to counter-attack the BJP, he said, “You (BJP) have set me a deadline for implementing poll promises. But what have you done on your main poll promise of constructing a Ram temple,” The Hindu has reported.

He accused the BJP of pocketing the money collected for Ram Temple. Further, he remarked that the BJP has dumped the bricks collected for Ram temple into garbage, Kannada Daily Vijayavani has reported.

This comment led to protests from the BJP, which asserted that the promise was not dropped. Former BJP Rajya Sabha member Ayanur Manjunath demanded that the remark on "dumping of bricks" be withdrawn.

Finally, to ensure functioning of the council, Kumaraswamy withdrew his statement by saying that the BJP had kept it in a 'safe place' and asked BJP to build the temple after 20 years in a sarcastic tone, The Hindu reported.