TIRUPATI: Whereas the laddu ghee adulteration with animal fat controversy continues to rock the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, the Tirupati belief faces yet one more litmus check.
The ruling NDA alliance events and the YSRCP seem like heading for a showdown over the “Declaration for non-Hindus” clause, with the NDA alliance companions urging the TTD to implement the clause in letter and spirit throughout former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy‘s Tirumala temple go to scheduled for September 28.
After the NDA govt accused the erstwhile YSRCP govt of allegedly utilizing ghee adulterated with animal fat within the preparation of the sacred Srivari Laddu prasadams, the allegations despatched shockwaves among the many devotees of Lord Venkateswara Swamy worldwide. Curtains have been quickly introduced down on the difficulty after the TTD carried out Shanti Homam and Samprokshanam primarily based on the recommendation of the state govt in addition to the Agama specialists.
Nevertheless, the YSRCP leaders, together with the previous CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP and two-time former TTD chairman YV Subba Reddy, and Bhumana Karunakar Reddy, have vehemently dismissed the ruling social gathering accusations as baseless and unfounded. They’d even filed a number of petitions within the Andhra Pradesh excessive court docket in addition to the Supreme Court docket, in search of both a CBI probe or a court-monitored judicial probe.
Alternatively, the YSRCP is gearing up for a statewide protest in any respect temples throughout the state to atone for the sin allegedly dedicated by chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu by means of his unfounded allegations over the sacred Tirupati Laddus. Amidst experiences that as a part of the statewide protests, Jagan is scheduled to go to the Tirumala temple on September 27-28, the NDA alliance companions have demanded the previous CM to declare his religion earlier than embarking on his Tirumala temple go to.
Taking to X (previously Twitter), Andhra Pradesh BJP chief Daggubati Purandeswari said, “We’re given to grasp that Jagan Mohan Reddy intends to go to Tirumala on the twenty eighth of this month. The apply of declaring one’s religion has been in vogue for a number of many years in Tirumala. As per G.O MS No.311 of the AP income endowments -1, Rule No.16, non-Hindus should give a declaration at Vaikuntam Q complicated earlier than darshan within the religion type. That is additionally as per TTD common regulation guidelines 136,” the AP BJP chief underlined.
The BJP additional insisted that even earlier than Jagan Mohan Reddy begins mounting Tirumala, he ought to give the declaration of his religion on the Garuda statue itself at Alipiri. Earlier, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu additionally echoed the identical views when he questioned the previous CM as to why he refused to signal the necessary declaration for non-Hindus throughout his earlier visits to the Tirumala temple.
Naidu recalled that AICC Chief Sonia Gandhi and former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam visited the Tirumala temple prior to now solely after signing the declaration for non-Hindus, duly respecting and complying with the temple tips. “Jagan can undoubtedly go to the Tirumala temple, however he has to respect and cling to the temple tips, which have been in vogue for a really very long time,” the AP CM said.
In the meantime, a contingent of BJP activists led by former TTD board member G Bhanu Prakash Reddy met TTD EO J Syamala Rao on the latter’s workplace on the administrative constructing in Tirupati and handed over a illustration, urging the TTD to implement the declaration for non-Hindus throughout Jagan Mohan Reddy’s go to to the Tirumala temple on June 28.
In the meantime, Tirupati YSRCP MP Dr M Gurumoorthy dismissed the demand of the NDA alliance events and informed TOI that Jagan Mohan Reddy had signed the declaration of religion type throughout his go to to the Tirumala temple in 2009 itself. “There isn’t a want for Jagan to signal the declaration type throughout each go to of his to the Tirumala temple as he has already expressed his religion in Lord Venkateswara Swamy prior to now. After turning into the chief minister of the state, Jagan had even offered Pattu Vastrams to the presiding deity a number of occasions. The TDP and different political events are defaming the sacred Tirumala temple by making an attempt to misuse the temple tips and norms,” Gurumoorthy lamented.
