A Muslim ruler gave land for building Shri Krishna Muth at Udupi : Vile claim of Congress leader

(Right side) Mithun Rai, a Congress leader (Image credit : Public Tv English)

Mangaluru/Udupi (Karnataka) – Congress leader Mithun Rai said during the Nammura Masjid Noda Banni programme at the Noorani Mosque in Puttige village that a Muslim ruler had donated land for Udupi’s Shri Krishna Muth. His video went viral on social media. Later, BJP MLA Raghupathi Bhat and Vishwaprasanna Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Math refuted Rai’s claim. Mithun Rai was defeated in the last Parliamentary elections by BJP’s regional President Nalin Kumar Kateel.

Following a statement by a #Congress leader that a Muslim ruler donated land for Udupi’s Krishna Mutt, #BJP hit back strongly calling it a blatant lie. https://t.co/z5Ku8HPONi @santwana99 @Cloudnirad @KannadaPrabha

— TNIE Karnataka (@XpressBengaluru) March 9, 2023

The land was given for Shri Krishna Muth by Raja Ramabhoj and not by any Muslim ! : Pejawar Swami

Pejawar Math’s Vishwaprasanna Tirtha Swami

Pejawar Math’s Vishwaprasanna Tirtha Swami said that Raja Ramabhoj gave the land to Sri Krishna Muth and not some Muslim ruler. Mithun Rai has misrepresented facts. It is not right to make such a false, baseless statement.

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A Hindu King donated land for Shri Krishna Muth : Raghupathi Bhat, BJP MLA

Raghupathi Bhat, BJP-MLA

“No Muslim ruler has donated land to either Shri Krishna Muth or the Ananteshwar Mandir. There is a record of Raja Ramabhoj donating land to Ananteshwar Mandir. The same land was used for building Shri Krishna Muth. Moreover, it is said that the present Jamia Masjid was also built on the land of Jangmara Muth”, said Raghupathi Bhat, BJP MLA refuting Mithun Rai’s claim.

Statement was made to create communal harmony : Mithun Rai’s laughable response

Since his statement drew a lot of criticism, Mithun Rai said that he had spoken like this based on an article that had been published in a Daily newspaper in 2017. He said that the statement was made to highlight religious harmony that exists today and he had discussed the matter with the priests of Udupi Muth. (On what basis is Rai deciding that newspapers are correct in their reporting ? One newspaper had conducted an investigation and accused Rajiv Gandhi of his involvement in the Bofors scam – why did the Congress never accept this ? – Editor)

Editorial viewpoint

• Will Mithun Rai be able to explain why Muslims are not ready to remove their mosques built on Hindu lands for the sake of communal harmony – Muslims demolished Hindu temples at Kashi and Mathura. Communal harmony can never be achieved by falsely claiming acts done in this country by Muslim invaders, when reality is otherwise !
• Such leaders should be arrested for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus through false claims !