BENGALURU: Hindu organizations including the BJP and the RSS have staged protests against the construction of a Christ figure in Kanakapura in Karnataka. The 114-foot-tall Christ figure at Kapalibetta is being built by senior Congress leader DK Krishna. Shivakumar is the one. It is against this that the Hindutva outfits have come forward with communal propaganda aimed at political capital. The protest march was held in the presence of the Hindu Jagaran forum. BJP leader and former minister CP Sivakumar said that Sivakumar was trying to change the name of the hill area known as Kapalibetta and Muneshwara Betta to Yesabetta. Yogeshwar alleged.
RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhatt said they were opposed to the conversion taking place in the name of Christ. In the village of Harolbele, Kapalibeta, DK. The statue of Christ is erected on the site purchased at the expense of Sivakumar. Its foundation was laid in December 2019. Ownership of the land was also transferred. But the revenue minister said that the land belongs to the government. Ashok claims. At the same time, DK Sivakumar is preparing to make a Christ figure firm.
