The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took strong objection to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) decision to spend 1% of its budget on development of Tirupati.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, BJP spokesperson Sadineni Yamini Sarma said that the TTD was hurting the sentiments of the Hindus, who donate hard earned money to the temple.
The TTD was turning the Tirumala temple into a money spinner instead of protecting its sanctity and developing it as a spiritual centre. Not a single day passes without hurting the sentiments of the devotees and Hindus. There was no scope for spending 1% as per the bylaws of the TTD. Now, they say 1% and tomorrow it would be 10 or 50% and beyond. The devotees fear that the TTD coffers would go dry and would not have any funds at its disposal to meet the expenses towards dhoopa deepa naivedya at Tirumala. If similar trends continued in other temples, who would be responsible for the donations given by the devotees? She asked.
