An apology has come from the Gopalakrishna Temple Trust in Tekkar village of Belthangady taluk in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district, to Muslims who were hurt by the alleged hate speech made by Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja during a temple programme on May 3, The Hindu reported.
Poonja, an MLA of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had reportedly delivered a provocative speech during the temple’s Brahmakalashotsava function in which he allegedly blamed a section of the Muslims for damaging some tube lights put up by the organising committee of the event.
15/05/2025