Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani should clarify the claims he has made on his social media handles that he has donated huge sums of money to the Panchamasali Peetha in Kudalasangama. If the claims are true, then the mutt will return all that money. If I need any money, I will beg,’’ Sri Basavajaya Mrutyunjay Swami, seer of the math, said in Belagavi on Wednesday.
“There are some posts on Mr. Nirani’s social media handles and his web page stating that he has donated money to the Kudalasangama Peetha. But we don’t think it is correct. If we have built peetha over the years, it is because of the contribution by countless devotees and not any single leader. This amounts to saying that our math is indebted to Mr. Nirani. The charge has caused a lot of pain,’’ he said.
