Mangaluru
KPCC General Secretary Mithun Rai said that he will continue the fight against the alleged misappropriation in the Parashurama Theme Park and Parashurama statue, seeking the opinion of pontiffs of various mutts on the issue.
He told reporters here on Tuesday, that a Lokayukta probe will also be sought into misappropriation of government funds in the development of the theme park, and a 33ft statue of Parashurama at Umikkal hill at Bailur in Karkala taluk.
MLA V Sunil Kumar has cheated Hindus by installing a statue of Parashurama, which was not made of bronze. Such a big misappropriation in the name of God would never have been reported. Whose money was spent to install a fake fibre statue on gomala land. Funds to the tune of Rs 6.7 crore was released from the government to develop the theme park on 1.6 acres of gomala land illegally. The MLA has used religion and cheated people for political mileage, and the BJP is also directly involved in it. According to sources, the strength of the foundation constructed at the theme park was not sufficient to install a 33 ft bronze statue, he said, and demanded the suspension of the MLA.
Officials in the district had brought issue of gomala land to the notice of Sunil Kumar, but the MLA put pressure on them to expedite the project, ignoring the legal issues, he said. Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai should also be held responsible for allowing a theme park on gomala land and inaugurating the same, he said.
Rai said that he will seek the opinion of experts to re-install an original bronze statue of Parashurama. Further, he added that a Mangaluru-Bengaluru Express Corridor should be developed, and should be named as Parashurama Express Corridor.
