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After the caller verbal duel with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan implicit the demolition of illegally constructed houses successful Kogilu Layout successful Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Wednesday met Mr. Vijayan astatine Sivagiri Mutt adjacent Thiruvananthapuram and held cordial talks.
The demolition of houses successful Bengaluru has go a governmental flashpoint betwixt Karnataka and Kerala aft Mr. Vijayan termed the demolition thrust an enactment of “bulldozer raj” and seemingly compared it to the alleged “anti-minority” thrust implemented by the BJP authorities successful Uttar Pradesh.
Mr. Siddaramaiah, who was connected a sojourn to Kerala, met his counterpart Vijayan astatine a programme astatine the Sivagiri Mutt and exchanged pleasantries. Both main ministers were on the signifier and enquired astir the well-being of each other.
During the visit, Mr. Siddaramaiah paid his respects astatine the tomb of Sree Narayana Guru. On X, Mr Siddaramaiah said that helium was delighted with the lukewarm invited helium received from Gyanateertha Swami and the followers of the guru erstwhile helium landed astatine the Thiruvananthapuram airdrome to enactment successful the programme to beryllium held astatine the Sivagiri Mutt.
Speaking astatine the 93rd Sivagiri yearly festival, Mr. Siddaramaiah said Sree Narayana Guru (1856-1928) was a philosopher, spiritual leader, and societal reformer who led a betterment question against the injustices of the caste strategy successful Kerala to promote societal and economical equality.
The Chief Minister said Sree Narayana Guru was not conscionable a saint. He was a question for equality and morality. The beatified spot should instrumentality steps to eradicate caste oppression and pb the nine towards societal justice. “The Sivagiri Mutt is not conscionable a pilgrimage centre but a motivation assemblage of India’s conscience. This is an intelligence and planetary question of humanity,” the Chief Minister said.
The Mutt field is dispersed crossed 200 acres. Sree Narayana Guru breathed his past successful this mutt successful 1928.
The programme was attended by Sachchidananda Swami, caput of the mutt; AICC wide caput K.C. Venugopal, Karnataka Higher Education Minister M.C. Sudhakar and MLC B.K. Hariprasad.
