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Krishna calls on Adichunchanagiri seer

Last Updated 26 February 2012, 18:20 IST

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Sunday met Balagangadharanatha Swami of Adichunchanagiri Mutt and received his blessings at the Mutt premises in Vijayanagar.

Krishna’s visit to mutt comes close on the heels of the AICC giving him the responsibility to strengthen the party in the Bangalore division.

The former chief minister had, on Saturday, held a meeting with the party leaders from the division on organising the party.

Speaking to reporters after meeting the seer, he said there was no political intention behind the meeting. The Swami belongs to a different league of pontiffs. The seer has never interfered in politics. He has involved himself only in social and educational activities, Krishna said.

Asked about the crisis in the ruling BJP, Krishna said morality in politics had taken a severe beating during the BJP’s rule in the State. The people will teach them a right lesson in the next Assembly polls, he said. He said he met the seer to discuss his plan to set up an engineering college in Sri Lanka.

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(Published 26 February 2012, 18:20 IST)

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