Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Seediri Appala Raju on Thursday kicked up a controversy by demanding privileged darshan for his entire entourage comprising more than 125 members.
Mr. Raju came under severe criticism for demanding darshan tickets of such astronomical number at a time when the temple town still reeled under the impact of heavy crowds and the pilgrims forced to spend protracted waiting hours in the darshan lines.
