Two schools run by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat will no longer receive endowment grant by the Kollur Mookambika Temple Trust following orders issued by the State Muzrai Department to withdraw the aid.

These schools, which are located in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, were adopted by the temple trust in 2007 and have continued to receive aid for the last 10 years. The state has now ordered the withdrawal of grants to the temple, registered under the Muzrai Department, Suvarna News has reported.

According to this Asianet News report, Bhat had earned the ire of the state government after he was accused of making "inflammatory comments". The report also suggests that the decision could have come in a retaliation to income tax raids on Energy Minister D K Shivakumar.

Although the state government has pointed out that there is no provision in Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act to adopt private educational institutions by temples and maintain them, it hasn’t provided a reason for not acting against the orders in the last five years.