Several leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and members of the TTD Trust Board have questioned the series of unsavoury incidents in the recent past, and suspect them to be the handiwork of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in a bid to unseat the alliance government.The apparent trigger was the incident on Friday night, when a devotee in the Sarvadarshan queue line in Tirumala raised slogans against the TTD for âneglecting the interests of the pilgrimsâ and causing them hardship during their Tirumala visit.He said the TTD officials had failed to provide them food and kept them waiting outside the queue lines for several hours.The video of the incident was shot and made viral on social media platforms, causing embarrassment to the TTD as well as the State government.However, when the TTD reached out to the devotee and tried to offer him solace, rather surprisingly, he retracted from the allegation and gave an âall is wellâ statement.Growing suspicious about the intent, the TTD management issued a stern warning to the public not to make baseless allegations against the institution, as it would affect the sentiments of Hindu devotees across the world.Board member and BJP State spokesperson G. Bhanuprakash Reddy submitted a letter to the Director-General of Police, complaining about the âconspiraciesâ of the YSRCP leaders to unseat the NDA Government.He charged the leaders of unleashing a false propaganda, supported by deliberate misleading comments on its allied media, to create confusion among the public.Mr. Reddy pointed to the instances of alleged cow deaths at the TTD-run dairy farm, SV Gosamrakshanasala, and the stray incident involving a Muslim cab driver performing ânamazâ in Tirumala, which were deliberately used to show the TTD administration and the NDA government in poor light.He sought a thorough probe and harsh punishment of the guilty for playing with the sentiments of devotees.Lokesh respondsIn his post on X, Minister for HRD N. Lokesh responded on the ânegative campaignâ by the opposition party. He said the person raising slogans against the TTD was identified as YSRCP activist Baddili Atcha Rao of Kakinada rural, and expressed regret over the miscreants in the opposition party choosing Tirumala for their âmalicious campaignâ against the government.Published - June 02, 2025 04:23 am IST