Seers should keep away from politics, warns HDK

Even arsenic Vokkaliga seers, including Nirmalanandanatha Swami of Adichunchunagiri Mutt, person backed the main ministerial aspirations of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy has said that spiritual heads would bash good to support distant from politics.

Speaking to reporters successful Bengaluru connected Saturday, the JD(S) State president, who besides belongs to the Vokkaliga community, said that spiritual heads request not interfere successful the interior affairs of the Congress.

“No seer came to my rescue erstwhile I mislaid power. Seers and politicians person antithetic jobs chopped retired for them. It is not a bully inclination to resistance caste and religion into the governmental arena,” said Mr. Kumaraswamy, whose enactment is successful confederation with the BJP. “I entreaty to the seers not to bring religion oregon caste into the interior affairs of the Congress.”