NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu on Friday dismissed Jagan Mohan Reddy‘s declare that he was denied entry to the Tirumala temple, difficult him to offer proof of any discover served.
“I’m asking him to indicate the discover served to him,” Naidu insisted, rejecting the allegations.
Naidu stated that regulation enforcement had invoked Part 30 of the Police Act in Tirumala because of latest developments, however maintained that no particular discover was issued to stop Reddy from visiting the temple.He accused Reddy of attempting to mislead the general public, stating, “The previous chief minister is attempting to mislead folks with blatant lies. Spiritual traditions and practices needs to be revered. No exceptions to that.”
Criticising Jagan, Naidu identified that whereas Jagan Reddy had admitted to studying the Bible, he also needs to respect Tirumala’s customs. “When he stated he respects different religions, he also needs to respect the traditions at Tirumala,” Naidu stated.
Addressing one other controversy, Naidu challenged Reddy’s claims concerning the purity of temple choices. “Jagan repeatedly says the identical lie that no adulteration was accomplished. AR dairy despatched eight tankers of ghee. 4 tankers have been consumed. After many complaints, samples from the remaining tankers had been despatched to NDDB,” he asserted. He additional accused Jagan of “discovering fault with the report given by NDDB,” including, “We’re obligated to disclose the report. We’re answerable to folks and devotees.”
Naidu additionally introduced plans to introduce laws that will mandate solely people from the identical religion work in non secular establishments. “We’re planning to carry a laws making it obligatory that individuals from the identical religion work in non secular establishments,” he acknowledged.
In a broader criticism of the YSRC regime, Naidu pointed irregularities not solely at Tirumala but in addition at numerous different temples, lamenting the dearth of investigations into incidents such because the Ramatheertham idol vandalisation, Antarvedi chariot burning, and the theft of silver lion idols from the Durga temple. He remarked, “Jagan didn’t go to Tirumala as he has to signal the declaration register, which he’s not prepared to do.”
Earlier within the day, YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, accused the TDP government of obstructing his temple visit. He alleged that state police, performing underneath Naidu’s orders, had issued notices to YSRCP leaders instructing them to not take part within the occasion. “Police clearly acknowledged within the notices to YSRCP leaders that the go to to Tirumala has no permission … why do we want police permission to go to the temple?” Reddy questioned, accusing the TDP authorities of working a “demon rule” in Andhra Pradesh.
Reddy additionally claimed that the police notices restricted YSRCP leaders from attending this system organized for his go to, stating, “The discover states that the go to to the Tirumala temple is just not permitted, and this system organised by YSRCP doesn’t have the mandatory approval.”
