Vijayawada: Telugu Desam leaders met Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan on Thursday and submitted a representation seeking a CBI probe into the series of attacks on temples in the state in recent days. They also sought removal of the Jagan-led government and imposition of President’s rule in the state.
Leaders Dhulipalla Nrendra Kumar, Tenali Sravan Kumar, Varla Ramaiah and Buddha Venkanna informed the governor that 140 temples were attacked since the YSR Congress came to power. This, they said, was a violation of fundamental rights of the people and dilution of Articles 25 and 26 providing religious freedom to the people.
They alleged that the state government has not taken any step to check such attacks even as desecration of idols was also happening.
The TD leaders said the vandalisation of the sovereign head of the Lord Ram idol at a temple in Ramatheertham hurt sentiments of the Hindus in the state and slammed chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy for his “failure”…