Tirupati, Jan. 9 -- YSRCP senior leader and former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Board Chairman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy on Friday accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of being directly responsible for what he termed "the ongoing spiritual degradation of Tirumala shrine" and orchestrating a deliberate conspiracy to portray the YSR Congress Party as anti-Hindu.
Speaking to the media here, he said that since B R Naidu took charge as TTD Board Chairman, the sanctity and prestige of Tirumala have been steadily declining, with repeated incidents of it being misused for political propaganda instead of being addressed administratively.
Referring to the recent incident where empty liquor bottles were found near Kausthubham Guest House, Karun...