Mangaluru, Aug. 17 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State President and MLA Vijayendra Yediyurappa today demanded that the Chief Minister tender an apology to the people of Karnataka for failing to stop the ongoing misinformation campaign against Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala. Speaking to reporters in Dharmasthala, Vijayendra alleged that a conspiracy has been deliberately orchestrated to malign the sacred shrine, its presiding deity, and Annappa Swami, thereby misleading and hurting the sentiments of lakhs of devotees. He stressed that the BJP is not politicising the issue but only raising its voice against a calculated attempt to defame a revered religious institution. Vijayendra pointed out that Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao himself had ad...