The Hindu Religious and Temple Endowments (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was defeated in Karnataka Legislative Council.
The Congress that introduced the Hindu Religious Endowment Amendment Bill in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly couldn’t pass the bill regardless of a 10-minute adjournment due to the dearth of energy of the federal government in the State’s Council.
The opposition expressed nice displeasure towards the Religious Endowment Amendment Bill. Karnataka Minister Ramalinga Reddy bowed to the opposition’s stress and mentioned that he’ll current the bill once more on Monday. But Deputy Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council Pranesh had objected to this.
The Deputy Speaker mentioned that when a bill has been mentioned, it can’t be postponed. The proceedings had been adjourned for 10 minutes to focus on and determine.
As the proceedings resumed, Congress inevitably put the Religious Endowment Bill to a vote. A lot of BJP and opposition members participated. Only 5 members of the ruling social gathering had been current. More MLAs voted towards the bill in the Assembly. Thus, the bill couldn’t be handed.
As the bill fell, BJP members raised ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans whereas Congress members shouted ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. Meanwhile, after criticisms relating to the Karnataka authorities’s amendments to the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Bill, ministers Ramalinga Reddy and Dinesh Gundu Rao got here in defence of the choice whereas criticising the opposition, BJP.
Minister for Transport, Ramalinga Reddy alleged that BJP is ‘anti-Hindu’ including that the social gathering which was in energy in 2011 had made the amendments to the Bill.
Minister for Health, Dinesh Gundu Rao mentioned that the BJP ought to realise the Bill is for the good thing about the temples. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah mentioned that the allegations relating to the amendments to the Bill ‘seem to be misrepresented’, ‘aiming solely at deceptive the general public’ and ‘polarizing folks alongside communal strains for political leverage.’
The Bill mandates the state to gather 10 % tax from temples producing income exceeding Rs 1 crore and 5 % from shrines with income of between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore.
(This story has not been edited by DNA workers and is revealed from ANI)
