Srikalahasti legislator attends temple consecration ceremony at his arch rival's village

TIRUPATI: Srikalahasti MLA Biyyapu Madhusudhan Reddy conducted temple consecration right in the TDP constituency in-charge leader’s native village.
The MLA and his arch rival Bojjala Venkata Sudheer Reddy, son of TDP’s former minister Bojjala Gopalakrishna Reddy, have been at loggerheads in the recent times, with the Srikalahastheeswara Swamy Devasthanam providing the platform for their war of words.
After Sudheer Reddy referred to alleged violations in the ancient temple, Madhusudhan Reddy on Thursday conducted ‘Maha Kumbhabhishekam’ (consecration) at Annapurneswari Sametha Sri Neelakanteswara Swamy temple in Uranduru, the ancestral village of the Bojjalas.
“Maha Kumbhabhishekam has to be performed once in twelve years in all temples so as to retain the deity’s power. But the Bojjala family is only interested in playing dirty politics with temples and not on their upkeep”, he flayed after participating in the consecration ceremony.
The MLA pointed out that no consecration was performed and the village temple remained neglected for a period of thirty years, though the Bojjala family stayed in power during the last two decades. “Instead of circulating lies on temples, the TDP leader should rely on sincere work to gain popularity”, he remarked.
Earlier, the Devasthanam board members led by the chairman Anjuru Taraka Srinivasulu welcomed the legislator into the village with temple honours.