Vijayawada, April 21 -- Former YSRCP MLA Malladi Vishnu expressed profound concern and outrage over the recent deaths of star tortoises at the SriKurmam temple in Srikakulam, terming the incident a grave sacrilege.
The coalition government's negligence has led to a series of attacks on Hindu dharma, the deaths of approximately 15 tortoises, revered as embodiments of Lord Vishnu, as a direct result of the Endowments Department's failure.
The YSRCP leader criticised the authorities for cremating the tortoises behind the temple's Executive Officer's office without conducting post-mortems, suppressing the incident. He contrasted this with the YSRCP government's practice of numbering and medically monitoring tortoises, highlighting the curre...