Valuables of Shiroor Moola Mutt kept in the locker of Udupi Mutt
Udupi, August 01: Following the death of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt, Vishwavallabha Theertha Swamiji of Sode Mutt, the Dwandwa Mutt, kept all the valuables which were in the Moola Mutt, in the locker of Shiroor Mutt for safety purpose in front of the police on Wednesday.
After the death of the swamiji, the police have taken the Shiroor Moola Mutt into their custody for investigative purpose and provided police security. But now, citing the safety reasons, Sode Mutt swamiji had been to the Shiroor Moola Mutt on Wednesday evening to bring all the valuables and keep them in the Shiroor Mutt locker. In front of the police, Sode Mutt Deevana Padigar Srinivas Tantri, secretary Rathna Kumar and Sode Mutt seer got the silver mask of Mukhya Prana Devaru, ornaments, pooja materials and other valuables. But their value was not yet estimated, sources said.
Silver palanquin and gold locket of the swamiji were retained in the Moola Mutt. But there were no jewelry of the swamiji among them. All the valuables were brought to the Shiroor Mutt at Udupi at 9 pm with tight police security.
Sode Mutt seer opened the locker in front of the police and kept all the valuables inside the locker. No onwards, the key of the locker will be with the Sode Mutt seer. Mutt sources also said that remaining valuables like locket and other ornaments would be brought from the Moola Mutt and kept here.
At this time, the police recorded everything. Shiroor Mutt incharge Appu Tantri, and another incharge appointed by Sode Mutt swamiji, Vittala Bhat, Udupi police station officer Ananth Padmanabh, Annaiah Golla and others were present.
Meanwhile, the police security provided to the Udupi Shiroor mutt would continue. Total 25 policemen led by ASI Ranthakar and ASI Narayan were providing round-the-clock the security.
Investigation continues
Meanwhile, investigation into the death of Shiroor seer is continued. It is said that after getting the postmortem report, the police have collected information from various persons. On Wednesday, the police team also visited two chemical fertilizer shops in Udupi and enquired about the purchase of pesticides a few days ago, sources said.
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Maharashtra Congress chief Patole meets Kharge, dismisses resignation talk as 'rumours'
New Delhi, Nov 25: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday dismissed as "rumours" talk of his resignation following the assembly polls debacle and stressed on "collective accountability" for the defeat.
Patole made the remarks after meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during which he conveyed that the result had not reflected the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.
"Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other national and state leaders were leading Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from the forefront during the assembly polls. So, we were sure that the trends were in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi, even the citizens believed that," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.
"If I talk about Nanded, the Lok Sabha bypolls and assembly elections were held on the same day. In Lok Sabha bypolls, our candidate was winning in six assembly seats, whereas, in the assembly elections, we are not winning even a single seat," he said, adding that there cannot be such a "huge difference".
This is the sentiment among the people also and they have stated that this government in Maharashtra was not being formed on their votes, he claimed.
"So, I spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge on this," he added.
Asked whether he had offered to resign or the party had asked for his resignation after the Maharashtra assembly polls defeat, Patole said, "These are all rumours and there is no truth in them. There is collective accountability."
Patole also said he will meet Rahul Gandhi in a day or two and discuss all issues.
"Democracy is being finished. We have discussed that... there was no talk of resignation," he said.
The MVA alliance, comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), was restrained to 46 seats by the Mahayuti that reaped a rich harvest of 230 seats in the 288-member House.
