Vijayawada, Jan. 12 -- YSR Congress Party leaders Vellampalli Srinivas and Malladi Vishnu on Monday demanded the immediate cancellation of GO No.15, stating that it was deliberately brought to facilitate the plunder of temple lands worth thousands of crores under the pretext of leasing them to religious institutions.

After offering prayers at the Sri Kamadhenu Ammavari Temple near the Durga Ghat Road in Vijayawada, they told the media that since the formation of the coalition government, incidents of sacrilege, mismanagement, violence, and tragic accidents in temples across Andhra Pradesh have become routine, while the government has remained a mute spectator.

They stated that the government has no respect for God or Hindu traditions an...