Tadepalli, Jan. 10 -- YSR Congress Party State Spokesperson Karumuri Venkata Reddy criticised the Andhra Pradesh government for engineering a "systematic conspiracy" to plunder temple and endowment lands, stating that GO No.15 was deliberately issued to hand over highly valuable properties to ruling party-linked interests under the guise of religious institutions.

As per a release, speaking to the media at the YSRCP Central Office, Karumuri Reddy said the new order completely dilutes earlier safeguards under GO No.426, which mandated public auctions, and now permits leasing and extension of temple lands merely on application, without open bidding, thereby institutionalising corruption and backdoor allotments.

He pointed out that the End...