Congress leader D K Shivakumar drew flak from the BJP on for sponsoring construction of a 114-foot statue of Jesus Christ in his constituency, with the saffron party terming it as 'appeasement politics' to remain in the good books of that party high command.
The proposed 101-foot statue atop a 13-foot pedestal is coming up at Kapalibetta in Harobele village, a predominantly Christian locality.
Shivakumar had with his own funds, purchased 10 acres of land at Kapalibetta from the government for the trust that is constructing the statue, his office has said,while claiming it would be the tallest monolithic statue of Jesus in the world.
On December 25, he had laid the foundation at a prayer meet and handed over the title deed for the project,
It wont be a surprise if more slaves within the Congress compete with each other to do appeasement politics."
The criticism against him was out of 'jealousy' towards his secular outlook, he said
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