Chief Minister’s son entering temple despite ban an eye-opener: Karnataka HC
Observing that the matter of B.Y. Vijayendra, son of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, entering a temple despite the ban imposed below lockdown guidelines ought to be an eye-opener for everybody, together with political leaders, the High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the State authorities to make sure no exception is made for anybody on entry into temples throughout the ban interval.
Besides, the courtroom directed the State Executive Committee below the Disaster Management Act to return out with extra stringent measures to take motion in opposition to those that enter temples or permit entry in violation of the lockdown tips to be issued after the expiry of the prevailing tips on June 21.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj issued the instructions whereas listening to a PIL petition filed by the city-based Letzkit Foundation and Githa Misra, an intervener.
The Bench additionally directed the federal government to situation instant directions to the temple authorities by the Muzrai Department to make sure that the ban on entry of the general public is just not violated with out exception.
The Bench famous that in his rationalization to the discover, issued by the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Vijayendra had stated that he had, as a vice-president of the State BJP, visited Nanjangud to participate within the occasion’s COVID-19 reduction work. “He wanted to offer prayer outside Sri Srikanteshwara temple. He saw the temple was open and a puja was taking place. Thinking that he could have darshan, he entered the temple, had darshan and immediately rushed out.”
The government officer of the temple, in his rationalization to the DC, stated that no particular darshan was organized for Mr. Vijayendra. “Since he had reached in front of the temple during the morning puja, he was allowed to have darshan.”
Wrong images
Meanwhile, the Bench expressed displeasure over the applying filed on behalf of the intervener enclosing on-line media experiences, which had revealed images of Mr. Vijayendra performing spiritual rituals inside another temple in 2018 and 2020 as consultant footage together with write-ups on Mr. Vijayendra’s May 18 entry into the Nanjangud temple.