YSR Chief and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Jagan Mohan Reddy said that never in the history of the state or the country has someone been barred from entering a temple. Speaking to the media, he showed a dozen of compiled notices sent to the YSR cadets ranging from MLAs to party workers. "The ex-Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is visiting Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam and that programme doesn't have the approval of the government and if any party worker participates in the programme, cases would be booked against them", said the notices read by Reddy for the media.
Visited Tirupati several times: Jagan Reddy
Raising questions on the stance of the Andhra government with a smile, the former CM said that the issue is astonishing because he has visited the Tirupati temple several times before, "even before becoming the CM", he stressed. He stated that he had been visiting the temple during the previous tenure of Chandrababu Naidu as the CM, he did that during the padayatra as well and now he together with his party workers and VIPs has been barred from visiting the temple. The notices were given to the YSRCP cadets by the cops said Reddy as he showed the pictures.
'Naidu govt wants to digress'
Jagan Reddy further said that the TTD used to invite him yearly when he was the CM of the state and during those events, he got opportunities to offer clothes to Lord Balaji. Visiting the Tirupati temple whose sanctity is immense and has the faith of millions is something nobody has ever been deprived of. The YSRCP chief alleged that the Naidu government took such steps to divert the topic from the falsehood the government has committed.
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He earlier said that the usage of animal fat in the laddoos is a sinister lie by Chandrababu and he planned to visit the temple as part of the statewide temple rituals called for by YSRCP to 'atone' the sin of the current Andhra government.