India | BJP accuses Congress authorities in Karnataka of anti-Hindu bias over temple tax bill

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The Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) has criticized the Congress authorities in Karnataka, labeling it as anti-Hindu, after the latter passed the ‘Karnataka Hindu Non secular Establishments and Charitable Endowments Bill 2024’ within the explain assembly on Wednesday (Feb 21).

The bill grants the authorities the authority to levy a 10 per cent tax on temples with revenues exceeding 10 million and a 5 per cent tax on these with revenues ranging between 1 million and 10 million.

Vijayendra Yediyurappa, the Karnataka BJP president, accused the Congress authorities of adopting consistently anti-Hindu insurance policies and asserted that the bill displays an try to top off the authorities’s funds.

Yediyurappa expressed inform that funds peaceful below the bill will seemingly be diverted for capabilities assorted than temple renovation and the neatly-being of devotees, elevating the most likely for unrest and deception.

“Beneath this, the authorities will salvage 10 per cent of the earnings from temples earning over 10 million, that is nothing nonetheless poverty. The offering dedicated by the devotees for the knowledge of God and the strategy of the temple also can restful be allotted for the renovation of the temple and for the comfort of the devotees. Whether it is a ways allotted for one other cause, it is a ways on the divine beliefs of the of us. There’ll be violence and fraud,” he added.

He wondered the selective focusing on of Hindu temples, emphasizing that assorted religions weren’t subjected to identical measures.

In response, Karnataka minister Ramalinga Reddy accused the BJP of injecting faith into politics and asserted that the Congress has consistently safeguarded temples and Hindu pursuits, pondering itself because the exact recommend of Hinduism.

(With inputs from companies)