Temples in Karnataka will be provided autonomous status and freed from the control of the government, state Minister for Energy, Kannada and Culture V Sunil Kumar said on Friday.
Addressing a felicitation function organised by the district BJP on his appointment as the new Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister, Kumar said the BJP government has already enacted legislation against forcible religious conversion and cow slaughter.
The government will also free the temples from the state government바카라™s control. A scheme will be chalked out for the comprehensive development of DK district within ten years after consultation with people바카라™s representatives, he said.
BJP DK unit chief Sudarshan Moodbidri, MLAs Vedavyas Kamath and Dr Bharat Shetty and city mayor Premanand Shetty were among those present.
With PTI inputs.
