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Bengaluru, March 23 (-AnyTV News) | The ruling BJP in Karnataka called for a ban on Muslim traders from setting up shop in Hindu temple complexes and religious fairs in the state’s coastal region and cited the rule book on Wednesday to blunt the opposition’s attack. During a discussion on the issue in the Assembly on Wednesday, Karnataka Law Minister J.C. Madhuswamy mentioned the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act and Rules (2002).
Madhuswamy said that the Congress government of that time had made these rules. He said, “As per Rule No. 12 of the Act, leasing of space near a Hindu religious institution to a person of any other religion is prohibited. If incidents of banning Muslims from doing business have taken place outside the premises of temples, then We can investigate. However, within the premises, the rules do not allow people from other communities to set up shop.”
The issue was discussed vigorously in the assembly on Wednesday after some temple complexes in Karnataka’s coastal districts and Muslim traders were prevented from setting up shops and stalls in religious congregations.
During Zero Hour, Congress member U.T. Khadar and Rizwan Arshad focused on banners displayed at religious fairs and temples prohibiting Muslim traders from setting up shops and stalls at local Hindu fairs. He alleged that such banners were being put up in public areas as well.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the need to implement the rules should be probed.
—AnyTV News
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