Vijayawada, Sept. 18 -- The Opposition YSRCP leaders today vehemently condemned the Chandrababu Naidu-headed coalition Government in Andhra Pradesh for attempting to commercialise and corrupt the spiritual sanctity of the Kanaka Durga Navaratri festivities by organising the so-called "Vijayawada Utsav".
Addressing the media here, former Ministers Perni Venkatramaiah, Velampalli Srinivas, NTR District Party President Devineni Avinash, and former MLA Malladi Vishnu charged that the TDP leadership is "orchestrating a massive looting" in the guise of celebrations.
They revealed that nearly 40 acres of temple land at Godugupeta Venkateswara Swamy temple, located in Machilipatnam, have been illegally flattened and converted for commercial purpo...