Mysuru, Sept. 1 -- Terming the opposition BJP's Dharmasthala Yatra as a purely political one, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the BJP is free to hold such Yatras, but it cannot derive any political mileage out of this.

Speaking to presspersons at his native village Siddaramanahundi in the Taluk here this morning, he wondered why the BJP did not take out a Yatra when the State Government formed the SIT to probe alleged 'mass burials' of unidentified bodies in the surroundings of Dharmasthala.

Commenting on the BJP's plan of taking out Chamundi Hill Yatra, Siddaramaiah said that the BJP has been holding such Yatras believing that its Hindutva propaganda would gain momentum. However, such actions of the BJP will not help it anyway, h...