Tirupati, March 9 -- The Opposition in Andhra Pradesh, the YSR Congress Party has lambasted Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for what it termed "dragging Lord Venkateswara into commercial activity and real estate ventures by buying land in Amaravati which is unprecedented and highly objectionable".
Speaking to media here on Monday, former TTD Chairman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy pointed out that TTD has never purchased land for building a temple and this was always done by generous donors since times immemorial. "But Chandrababu has turned Lord Balaji into a commercial commodity," he alleged.
"The Chandrababu Naidu government has purchased 25 acres of land at Rs 50,00,000 and 12.5 crores at Venkatayapalem as part of the Amaravati project an...