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Addressing the press meet here, congress leaders questioned as on what basis did Harikrishna Bantwal challenge Minister Ramanatha Rai to swear in the name of the Lord Manjunatheshwara at Dharmasthala. They claimed that Rai has not used foul language against former leader, Janardhana Poojary.
Bantwal Block Congress Committee Spokesperson Jagadish Koila said “Harikrishna Bantwal was earlier found speaking against Dharmasthala and now he is asking minister Rai to swear at the temple,”
Bantwal Block Congress President Mayilappa Salian, Panemangalore Block Congress President Abbas Ali, Bantwal TP President Chandrahas Karkera, Bantwal APMC Vice President Chandrashekhar Poojari Baltila, Bantwal Youth Congress President Prashath Kulal and others were present.