LUCKNOW, May 27 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday expressed his reservation to any 'government intervention' in the management of temples, saying they must be protected from what he termed "administrative corruption".

In a statement, the SP chief has also alleged that the BJP and its allies are indirectly taking over all the big temples under the pretext of government management.

"Those who have been traditionally managing these temples for centuries with devotion are being stripped of their rights and are being unfairly accused of being incapable or mismanaging temple affairs," Yadav alleged.

"The donations made by devotees in temples have been utilised properly in charitable works like darshan, prasad distributio...