Tadepalli, Jan. 3 -- The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) on Saturday slammed the Telugu Desam Party (TTD) and coalition government for its "total failure" in safeguarding the sanctity of Tirumala following an incident of desecration atop Govindarajaswamy temple on Friday night.

Speaking to the media, YSRCP leader and former MLA Malladi Vishnu alleged that neither TTD officials nor the coalition government has any concern for devotees, and "safety measures were left to the winds with a drunkard climbing the Govindarajaswamy temple at Tirumala and vandalising the idols and kalasam."

"This is sacrilege, and the officials should take responsibility," he said, adding that "the TTD Board and coalition government have been busy s...