Bengaluru, Aug. 23 -- Amid shocking developments in the Dharmasthala case, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday called upon the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to not politicise the issue.

The Deputy CM maintained that he was neither for nor against Dharmasthala, but for justice.

Speaking to reporters at his Sadashivanagar residence, Shivakumar said, "The BJP was sitting on the fence regarding this issue. They have started talking after I raised the angle of conspiracy."

Shivakumar was responding to a reporter who drew his attention to the fact that he raised the conspiracy angle first.

"We are neither for them (Dharmasthala) nor against them. We are for justice. We are only saying that we should not do politics in m...