Bengaluru:

DK Shivkumar said to the reporters that yoga ( special worship) is being conducted by “aghoris” at the isolated place near Karnataka temple.

The trustee of a temple in Kerala said it is a false statement given by Chief Minister DK Shivkumar’s said that political opponents performing the ‘Black Magic’ ritual claim against him. 

“There is no such puja taking place at the Rajarajeshwari temple… we would know if there is anything like this but we still checked,” said Madhavan, the trustee of Devasthanam.

Mr Shiv Kumar while speaking to the media has provided credible information that yoga ( special worship ) is performed by aghoris only. “This ritual is claimed against me, the DK Shivkumar and to disrupt the Congress government,” he reacted.

He also claimed that 21 red goats, three buffaloes, 21 sheep and five pigs were sacrificed in this worship. 

The trustee of the temple declined to agree on any statement of DK Shivkumar’s that there is no such sacrifice near the temple. “Disappointed” he expressed “dissent in dragging the temple to take place here. It is just a Brahmin puja that takes place, that is all we want to say,” he added. 

When leaders from BJP and JD-S were carrying out this ritual, Mr DK Shivkumar maintained the same politicians from Karnataka were responsible. “I know who is doing this ritual against me and let them continue their efforts; I don’t bother. It is left to their belief system. Despite their experiments and strategies to cause harm, the god which I believe in will protect me”, he said. 

“I do pray to God before going to work every day” he added, 

Election in Karnataka, a campaign for which saw a high-octane fight between BJP and Congress it was held in two phases first on April 26 and May 7, with 28 seats, in which five seats are reserved for castes and two for tribes.