Late seer had voluntarily donated land to KLE Society: Kore

Reacting to the continued controversy surrounding the problem of donation of Moorusavir Mutt land to the KLE Society, chairman of KLE Society and former Rajya Sabha member Prabhakar Kore on Wednesday has clarified that late seer of the mutt Gangadhara Rajayogindra Swami had voluntarily donated the mutt land to the society and had performed so earlier than the Charity Commissioner.

Addressing presspersons together with administrators of the society and Mahanthesh Kavatagimath, MLC, and Shankrananna Munavalli in Hubballi on Wednesday, Mr. Kore categorically said that KLE Society belonged to society and, by way of donations from mutts and people it had been ready to arrange instructional establishments throughout the State.

Mr. Kore mentioned that there was nothing unlawful within the land donation by the late seer and that the seer had obtained the donation of 23.15 acres of land registered earlier than the Charity Commissioner, Belagavi, in 2003 itself.

Mr. Kore clarified that the land donation was on no account associated to the Arbitration Agreement reached between the current seer Gurusiddha Rajayogindra Swami and Rudramuni Swami of Tipatur.

“The donation was made by the seer before the Charity Commissioner and subsequently in 2009, we got the same registered before the Sub-Registrar to which the present seer signed. In no way the donation violates the arbitration agreement between the two seers,” he mentioned.

Elaborating on the discussions previous the land donation, Mr. Kore mentioned that the society had in truth requested the seer to set up a medical school in Hubballi utilising the mutt’s land. “However the seer, in turn told us to establish the college and he would donate the mutt’s land, which at that point of time was in the possession of Asundi family (family of farmers). We convinced the Asundi family to hand over the possession of the land to the mutt. After much convincing, they handed over 23.15 acres out of the total 38 acres. Later the seer donated the land to KLE Society in 2003. However because of technicalities involved in getting various permissions from government the project got delayed,” he mentioned.

To a question, he mentioned that Sri Dingaleshwara Swami of Balehosur Mutt was deceptive the general public on the problem and the society had not performed something unlawful.

Mr. Kore mentioned he had not seen the face of the seer and sought to know in what method the seer was associated to the problem. He clarified {that a} high-level committee of the Moorusavir Mutt was on no account associated to the land donation.

Clarifying that there was no query of giving again the land, Mr. Kore mentioned that they had already begun work on constructing the medical school and they might get it prepared inside one-and-a-half years and dedicate it to the service of residents of the area.

Mr. Kavatagimath condemned the tone and tenor of the speech of Dingaleshwara Swami on the problem and mentioned it was unbecoming of a seer to converse in such language. “I would appeal to him to stop making such baseless allegations. And it is not right to claim the post of successor when the present seer was still willing to function as head of the mutt. It is for the society to decide on the issue,” he mentioned.

To a question, Shankranna Munavalli, who can be a member of the high-level committee of Moorusavir Mutt, mentioned that quickly he would take up the problem with different members and make the stand clear. It may be recalled that former Minister Basavraj Horatti too has urged for a gathering of the committee within the wake of the row.