The Communist Party of India – Marxist (CPI-M) has taken strong exception to the recent composition of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) trust board, accusing the State government of making it a ‘rehabilitation centre’ for the ‘politically-unemployed’.
The party district unit staged a demonstration in front of the TTD administrative building here on Monday, two days after the swearing-in of the trust board members. The leaders expressed resentment over the inclusion of ‘tainted’ personalities in the TTD board.
CPI-M Chittoor district secretary K. Kumar Reddy alleged that at least two persons in the board were involved in illegal activities-- one in a black money racket which was exposed by a TV channel and a website last year, and the other have links with sand mafia of Tamil Nadu. “Inclusion of such people in the TTD board will certainly send a wrong message to devotees ,” he said.
Claiming that the appointments were made purely on political considerations, Mr. Reddy, said it was unfortunate that the TTD had become ‘a refuge for the people with no spiritual bent of mind’.
The party also dubbed the government move to accommodate two legislators from Telangana as an attempt by the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to ‘keep its flock together’, in view of the reported poaching by the TRS in that State. The party activists demanded that the government reconstituted the board.
The govt. has made TTD trust board a rehabilitation centre for politically-unemployed
K. Kumar Reddy,CPI-M district secretary
