It appears Bharatiya Janata Party does not want to let Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu off so easily.
The party sought to exploit the Hindu sentiments to create troubles for Naidu by making up the allegations of corruption in Tirumala temple administration and raking up the issue of missing jewellery through former head priest A V Ramana Deekshitulu.
Since Naidu has launched a counter-attack to defend himself, the BJP has now took a new route to attack Naidu.
In its latest strategy, the BJP roped in Vishwa Hindu Parishad to fix the TDP on the TTD issue.
On Sunday, the VHP held a closed-door meeting of Hindu religious leaders in Hyderabad to chalk out an action plan for agitating against the TDP government for unceremonious sacking of Ramana Deekshitulu.
A day-long brainstorming session of the VHP with Hindu seers decided agitate for delinking of the temple administration, including that of the Tirumala, from the government purview and entrust the same to the Dharmik Mandals.
The meeting expressed concern over the retirement of priests, non-compliance of Agama rituals and management of the TTD jewellery.
The meeting, attended by Hampi Seer Vidyaranya Swamy, Paripurnananda Swamy , Kamalananda Bharti Swamy and other prominent seers, felt that the Chandrababu Naidu government had failed to protect the sanctity of the temple.
“If the state government can’t protect the sanctity of the temple, then the Seers will have to lead the agitation and save the temple from the hands of the politicians,” the conclave declared.
The seers said that they will come out with “Tirumala Declaration” on 9 June plotting the future course of action.
