VIJAYAWADA: Former Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy known as off a deliberate go to to Tirupati temple Friday amid heightened pressure and protests by a number of non secular organisations which joined governing TDP in demanding that he signal a declaration type for non-Hindus. Jagan additionally claimed a police discover denying him permission for the go to, one thing CM N Chandrababu Naidu dismissed as a “blatant lie”.
The occasions unfolded in opposition to the backdrop of the controversy over provide of ghee allegedly adulterated with animal fats in making the sacred laddu prasadam on the temple when Jagan was CM.
The YSRCP chief was to achieve Tirumala, the place the hill shrine to Lord Venkateswara is situated, Friday night and provide prayers early Saturday. Jagan lashed out at Naidu and his allies for turning his temple go to right into a “huge controversy”. If Naidu-led “vested pursuits” may create hurdles for a former CM who visited the temple about 10 occasions up to now for darshan, what can be the destiny of the poor and Dalits once they go to the temple, Jagan puzzled.
Jagan additionally needed to know why TDP and its allies didn’t search any declaration from him when he accompanied the PM, President and the Chief Justice of India to the temple as CM. “Humanity is my faith. I’m prepared to present a declaration on this format. I learn the Bible inside the 4 partitions of my residence. I practise and respect different religions, together with Hinduism, as soon as I come out. What else do they need?” he requested.
Jagan identified that his father, the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, ex-CM, was blessed to current silk robes to Lord Venkateswara for 5 years.
Jagan claimed native police had issued notices to a number of former legislators and YSRCP leaders within the wake of his deliberate go to, saying he didn’t have permission to go to Tirumala.
Naidu challenged Jagan to point out the discover and alleged the YSRCP chief cancelled his go to as he was not prepared to signal the declaration type for devotees of different faiths.
Naidu stated that legislation enforcement businesses had invoked legal guidelines proscribing some actions within the space “in view of latest developments” however clarified that no particular discover was issued to Jagan.
