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BENGALURU: In what is being interpreted as a damage-control exercise, the state muzrai department on Friday withdrew a controversial circular that had sought to bring all development work in temples to a complete halt until further notice.While principal opposition BJP threatened to raise the pitch against the government on the issue and proHindu organisations termed the initial circular as “anti-Hindu”, muzrai minister R Ramalinga Reddy clarified that the government never intended to stop development work at temples and had only sought a status report on ongoing work.According to...