TDP Government harming the temples

• Attack on religious sentiments
• The centre has to intervene and take action
• TDP Government is incompetent: Parthasarathy

Hyderabad: YSRCP’s official spokesman Parthasarathy mentioned that it was atrocious to demolish temples and mosques with the name of development and called it an act of attack towards the religious sentiments of people. He slammed Chandrabbau for giving away endowments lands to TDP leaders for meagre costs and now arresting priests in the middle of the night and demolishing the religious structures for saving their unjustly earned properties. He spoke to the media at the party’s central office.

Parthasarathy mentioned that it was unfair to demolish a cowshed and the temple of Lord Krishna in it just to save the assets of a TDP MLC. Parthasarathy demanded answer from the Government on behalf of people. He reminded that an agreement had been made with the concerned officers mentioning the lands of the cowshed had been taken by the Government for people’s benefit and irrigation lands had been given in return to them and that the temple of Krishna would not be harmed but now the word had not been kept, he exclaimed.

Parthasarathy revealed that the temple had been there for several centuries and priests had been worshipping there ever since. He remarked that this deliberate act of hurting people’s feelings had been staged though the temple did not pose any inconvenience to the people and it was not in the way of development. He revealed that Chandrababu had given away the lands belonging to the Government and a corporate institution between 1995 and 2004 through Swiss challenge system and he had repeated the same thing today and criticised that endowments assets were next in line after corporate and Government lands to attract Babu’s greedy attention.

He opined that TDP Government was violating the rule against sale of endowments’ and Government’s properties and slammed the ruling party leaders for predating the lands that had been donated by great people to the temples with devotion. He condemned the defiance of court’s orders in this issue. He challenged the Government to take action against those who had auctioned the lands of Sadavarthy choultry and cancel the auction, if it had any commitment at all.

TDP had been trying to sell the temple’s lands since it had come to power, Parthasarathy remarked. Besides Sadavarthy choultry’s lands, Seetamma trust’s lands and Simhachalam temple’s lands were being given away to Chandrababu’s coterie, ruling party leaders’ benamis and those who had filled his pockets, Parthasarathy complained. He stated that BJP, people and Muslim and Christian organisations hadto speak up against the atrocities of the Government.

Parthasarathy mentioned how the mosque in Ramavarappadu had been demolished and Muslim leaders had been arrested. 30 temples in Vijayawada had been intentionally demolished, he revealed. He cautioned the Government against these acts and called for the centre’s intervention in the atrocities.