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BJP State spokesperson Sadineni Yamini Sarma connected Sunday objected to APCC president Y.S. Sharmila’s comments criticising the determination to conception temples by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).
In a statement, Ms. Yamini Sarma said, “If not 5,000 temples, we volition physique 50,000 temples. What’s your problem, Sharmila? If you genuinely person the courage, question the churches astir however overmuch of their income is utilized for societal service.”
Ms. Yamini Sarma was reacting to Ms. Sharmila’s comments that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was “adopting RSS ideology” by directing that 5,000 temples beryllium constructed successful Dalit colonies utilizing Tirupati temple funds.
“The TTD is a spiritual instauration that utilises devotees’ offerings for rituals, spiritual propagation, and hospitals and acquisition institutions, and that Hindu temples are self-sustaining, dissimilar different spiritual institutions that trust connected authorities aid,” Ms. Yamini Sarma asserted.
Accusing Ms. Sharmila of being anti-Hindu, Ms. Yamini Sarma asserted, “If you genuinely emotion society, donate each your spot for societal service.”
Terming Mr. Naidu’s inaugural to physique 5,000 Venkateswara temples successful Dalit colonies arsenic a measurement to widen the Lord’s blessings to each the communities, Ms. Yamini Sarma noted that the TTD was besides undertaking societal work done schools, colleges, and hospitals.
“The Congress enactment has historically favoured members of a definite faith, portion exploiting Dalits arsenic a ballot bank. The BJP and the NDA governments, connected the different hand, absorption connected Dalit and tribal welfare,” Ms. Yamini Sarma alleged, and lauded the RSS for its century-long committedness to nationalist integration and societal harmony. “Ms. Sharmila has nary authorization to criticise the organisation,” she said.
