ISKCON not linked with temple land

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe president of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Vedanta Chaitanya Das clarified here on Saturday that his organisation had nothing to do with the 4 acre parcel of land at Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Banjara Hills.Das said news reports pertaining to the ruckus created by labour minister Danam Nagender have wrongly mentioned the name of his organisation. "ISKCON has been dragged into the whole controversy unnecessarily. It is maintained by Hare Krishna Movement which has no relation with ISKCON," he said.Das said the Hare Krishna Movement is run by Madhu Pandit Das who was the president of ISKCON- Bangalore in 2000. "ISKCON had urged the YS Rajasekhara Reddy government from allowing these people (the Hare Krishna Movement) not to give the property but our representations fell on deaf ears. Now a minister is anchoring an agitation against them," he said.Madhu Pandit Das left ISKCON-Bangalore in 2000 and started the Hare Krishna Movement in south India. "From then on, he has been taking lands from the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh governments using ISKCON's name. When he was the president of ISKCON, Madhu Pandit Das tried to indulge in forgery and misappropriating books of records. A case against him is pending in the Supreme Court," he said. He added that ISKCON Hyderabad was seeking to protect its interests from the Hare Krishna Movement in courts.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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The president of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Vedanta Chaitanya Das clarified here on Saturday that his organisation had nothing to do with the 4 acre parcel of land at Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Banjara Hills.

Das said news reports pertaining to the ruckus created by labour minister Danam Nagender have wrongly mentioned the name of his organisation. "ISKCON has been dragged into the whole controversy unnecessarily. It is maintained by Hare Krishna Movement which has no relation with ISKCON," he said.

Das said the Hare Krishna Movement is run by Madhu Pandit Das who was the president of ISKCON- Bangalore in 2000. "ISKCON had urged the YS Rajasekhara Reddy government from allowing these people (the Hare Krishna Movement) not to give the property but our representations fell on deaf ears. Now a minister is anchoring an agitation against them," he said.

Madhu Pandit Das left ISKCON-Bangalore in 2000 and started the Hare Krishna Movement in south India. "From then on, he has been taking lands from the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh governments using ISKCON's name. When he was the president of ISKCON, Madhu Pandit Das tried to indulge in forgery and misappropriating books of records. A case against him is pending in the Supreme Court," he said. He added that ISKCON Hyderabad was seeking to protect its interests from the Hare Krishna Movement in courts.