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Name-dropping keeps Kerala priests on toes
Updated On: 23 November, 2011 06:39 AM IST | | B V Shiva Shankar
HD Kumaraswamy's personal secretary was on a pilgrimage with his friends last week and decided to visit the Rajarajeswari and Bhadrakali temples in Kerala. He informed the Trust officials that former Prime Minister Deve Gowda was to arrive shortly so that he and his friends could enjoy VIP treatment and this resulted in a comedy of errors
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HD Kumaraswamy's personal secretary was on a pilgrimage with his friends last week and decided to visit the Rajarajeswari and Bhadrakali temples in Kerala. He informed the Trust officials that former Prime Minister Deve Gowda was to arrive shortly so that he and his friends could enjoy VIP treatment and this resulted in a comedy of errors
A good example of the rampant misuse of powerful names came to the fore recently after a personal assistant to former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy sent the Kerala police into a tizzy simply because he wanted VIP treatment for himself and three friends.
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| Narasimha Murthy (left), who joined HD Kumaraswamy (right) six months ago, used former PM H D Deve Gowda's (inset) name to get instant and unrestricted entry into a famous temple in Kerala last Sunday Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
