Amaravati: Opposition vandalises temples for political gains says MLA Ambati

Amaravati: Affirming that governance is above religion, MLA Ambati Rambabu lambasted the TDP leaders for trying to portray the government as anti-Hindu. He stated that Opposition party members are vandalizing temples for political gains.

Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, he said the governance is above any religion and the State government is only trying to change the lives of the poor through better welfare activities and not their religions. He said that some parties have been trying to profit by turning politics around religion to revive their existence as they suffered a huge defeat in the last elections.

Ambati Rambabu lambasted Naidu for using religion to increase the vote bank and added that the Opposition lead has been acting out of frustration and intentionally venting this on the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

He said that Chandrababu is behaving like a saviour of the Hindu religion, but in reality, he had no respect towards any religion other than his caste. He questioned Chandrababu why did he place Buddha's picture in his office despite being a Hindu, while Amaravati represents Amaralingeswara Swamy.

He said that the same Chandrababu Naidu during his rule had demolished 40 temples overnight and put them in the trash, tried to sell Amaralingeswara temple lands.

Further, he stated that Chandrababu Naidu has been encouraging temple attacks only to save his party from diminishing and said that God will not forgive him for doing politics over the temples. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and his father YS Rajashekar Reddy are Christian by birth and it does not come in the way of good governance, he added.