Gowda had earlier written to party leaders about JD(S) scion Prajwal Revanna allegedly sexually abusing several women.

'South First' has reported that the post was taken down after the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government said the appointment of a non-Hindu to the temple committee was a tradition followed even during BJP rule.

Recently, Karnataka has recorded several cases of men murdering women for rejecting their advances but Neha’s murder was given a communal spin and politicised.

Siddaramaiah also expressed the need for a phased-deduction approach, proposing 10 instalments to address the impact on the state's finances.