Tirupati, August 24: Former TTD Chairman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy has launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu masterminding a conspiracy to surrender highly valuable TTD property to Oberoi Hotels under the guise of a land exchange.
Addressing the media at his residence in Tirupati, Karunakar Reddy revealed that 20 acres of prime TTD land worth nearly Rs. 1,500 crore in Tirupati Urban limits are being swapped with low-value land from the Tourism Department located in rural areas. This, he said, would inflict a loss of over Rs. 1,000 crore on TTD.
He pointed out that a special TTD meeting was convened on May 7 with a single agenda of land exchange, and within a month, on August 7, the government issued a G.O. approving the deal. The agenda papers deliberately avoided mentioning land valuations and even referred to the TTD property as “Inam land” donated to the temple by devotees making the conspiracy even more questionable.
Karunakar Reddy criticised Chandrababu Naidu and TTD Chairman B.R. Naidu of “moving pawns quickly” to execute the exchange. He said the government’s real intention is to hand the site to Oberoi Hotels, enabling them to construct a luxury hotel even closer to the sacred Tirumala Hills than the previously proposed site, which Chandrababu himself had once opposed. “The same Chandrababu who once rejected Oberoi is now gifting them a prime spot at Swami Vari’s doorstep. This is not development, it is daylight robbery,” he charged.
He further asked why the government chose to barter temple lands when it has vast tracts of public land available in Renigunta, near the airport, and across rural Tirupati. “Why target only the priceless lands of the Lord? This proves it is a premeditated act of plunder,” he said.
Calling it a direct assault on Hindu Dharma, Karunakar Reddy said, “Those who claimed to protect Lord Venkateswara’s sanctity are now auctioning temple lands in the name of tourism. Is this the way Sanatana Dharma is safeguarded?” He warned that such a dangerous precedent could embolden politicians to exploit temple lands across the state for personal and commercial gain.
Holding Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan, and TTD Chairman B.R. Naidu directly responsible, Karunakar Reddy demanded an immediate rollback of the G.O. and urged devotees worldwide to oppose this betrayal:
“This is not just about land; it is about faith, trust, and the dignity of Venkateswara Swami devotees across the globe.”
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