Dharmasthala debate: HM G Parameshwara to lead govt's reply today

Bengaluru: Home Minister G Parameshwara will spearhead the government's reply on the alleged mass burials in Dharmasthala in the Assembly on Monday.

On Friday, BJP's Karkala MLA V Sunil Kumar initiated a debate on the Dharmasthala issue, in which Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka and other party MLAs like S Suresh Kumar, S R Vishwanath and Harish Poonja had participated.

While Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar told reporters on Friday that there had been a "massive conspiracy" to malign Dharmasthala, Parameshwara had claimed that action would be taken against the complainant if his claims were found to be false.