Controversial BJP MP Subramanian Swamy seems to have taken upon himself the task of creating problems for Chandrababu Naidu government in AP after TDP got separated from the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre on the issue of special status and other issues.
He has picked up the most indefensible issue of getting autonomy for the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) by getting rid of AP government’s control over the religious body that presides over Tirumala Sri Venkateswara Temple, a most revered place of worship for Hindus.
Swamy knows that right from the beginning, there have been continuous efforts to somehow establish Centre’s control over TTD and this more so since BJP came back to power in the country in 2014.
At the same time, Swamy has forgotten the fact that Tirumala Temple could not be separated from AP people even at a historic occasion when Andhra state was carved out of Madras State in 1953 despite hectic efforts by some forces to prevent that at that time.
Swamy’s activities against AP over TTD affairs have provoked a serious backlash from different sections of people and intellectuals in the state.
Hero-turned-activist Sivaji threatened Swamy with dire and disastrous consequences if he continued with his unholy and disgraceful agenda of hurting AP people’s sentiment by disconnecting their emotional link with Lord Venkateswara Swamy Temple.
Sivaji said Subramanian Swamy had such a hopelessly controversial background that he had boldness and audacity to politicise TTD affairs with his ulterior motive to become a blue-eyed boy of Modi.
The actor used harsh words saying Subramanian Swamy is nothing more than a sanyasi who has passed objectionable comments along religious lines in the past.
Swamy is controversial for having said Ravana was a dalit hailing from Uttar Pradesh and for demanding declaring India as a Hindu nation.
You are spreading disinformation, can you produce the statement where Dr Swamy has called Ravana a Dalit, on the contrary Times of India published this news item and then withdrew it with apology, now you too should do the same.
Dr Swamy has been against Govt control of Temples everywhere including AP, so don’t politicise the issue, he got the Chidambaram Town (TN) Natraja Temple freed by Supreme Court orders and similar petitions are pending in Supreme Court on similar lines.