BELAGAVI: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, while speaking in Belagavi on Wednesday, claimed that there is a conspiracy against Dharmasthala with allegations of mass murder, mass rape and mass burial in the town. The Deputy CM stressed that such controversies can harm institutions that have stood for many generations.

” I had openly stated in the Assembly that there is a conspiracy against Dharmasthala. But the truth has prevailed. The law has to take its own course. Such controversies can damage institutions that have been in place for many generations…There is a big difference between RSS and BJP, and even that is deeply rooted in this controversy…” Shivakumar told reporters.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had, on August 31, ruled out a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into t

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