Bengaluru, Aug. 28 -- Karnataka Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Bharaiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA R Ashoka on Thursday said that it was Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that have politicised the Dharmasthala issue and not his party.

He insisted that the issue was being politicised by the Congress and said that they would visit Dharmasthala to extend their support as Hindus.

"It is not the BJP. It is the Congress which is politicising Dharmasthala; Siddaramaiah politicised it. When the complaint was received, the procedure states that the background should be checked to investigate the matter. But they did not follow it. Dharmasthala belongs to all Hindus in India and around the world. On September 1, we will be going to Dharmasthala as Hindus, ...