Bengaluru, Aug. 23 -- Former Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai today raised serious questions over the Karnataka Congress Government's handling of the Dharmasthala "masked man" case, calling it a glaring failure of governance and warning of a wider conspiracy.
Annamalai said it was "extremely disturbing" that a single masked man could manipulate the entire state government machinery for over a month, leading to baseless excavations and widespread public alarm, all with the alleged aim of maligning the Dharmasthala Temple, a key pillar of Sanatana Dharma.
He criticised the government for legitimising the masked man's claims without any prima facie evidence, forming a Special Investigation Team (SIT), and ordering random digs, which were...