AP Chief minister Jagan has responded to the ongoing attacks on temples and the destruction of idols in the state. Recently, the Deputy CM Narayanaswamy and DGP Sawang inaugurated the state police duty meet at the Tirupati police parade ground, Kalyani Dam Police Training college. CM Jaganmohan Reddy addressed the function in a virtual manner from the camp office in Tadepalli.

“The destruction of the idols was taking place in the days when welfare schemes were being launched. There are conspiracies to destroy the statue to prevent publicity for government schemes. Such incidents take place in the state only when the government is doing good deeds. CCTV cameras have already been set up in 20,000 temples. Whoever makes such incidents and injustice should be punished,” said Jagan. He said that the incidents were taking place in private temples and temples of opposition leaders. He ordered the police to prevent a politically ongoing guerilla war.

The recent disfiguration of the holy Sri Rama idol at Ramatheertham temple has started to cause a lot of tension in Andhra Pradesh, especially in the political scenario. Given that this is not the first time that a Hindu God idol or Hindu temple has been attacked in the recent times, everyone is asking the government about its lack of action against the perpetrators of these heinous acts.
BJP Andhra Pradesh incharge, Sunil Deodhar, recently questioned Jagan on these acts against the Hindu religion. “What is this Jagan? Why are you not reacting to the atrocities against Hindu temples, and why did the Minister of Endowments Department resign?”, these are the questions that Sunil asked Jagan. Sunil released a video asking these questions, and even spoke at the recently held OBC Morcha meeting, at Sri Kalahasti.
Sunil compared the current governance in Andhra Pradesh to that of Ravana’s governance, and further questioned the lack of action on part of the Andhra Pradesh government, with respect to the atrocities against the Hindu religion. Sunil asked Jagan why religious conversions were being encouraged in the state, and why the government is not able to take a substantial and strong action in order to make sure that no other atrocity takes place against Hindu temples. He also criticised the way that the Deputy Chief Minister of the state wished a Merry Christmas to everyone, in Tirumala. In turn, Sunil asked why no one wished Hindu devotees a happy Vaikunta Ekadasi, by standing in front of Churches. Sunil requested teh people of Tirupati to decide whether they want a Hindu or Christian representative for Tirupati. On the other hand, AP BJP president Somu Veerraju demanded that Minister Vellampalli should resign, taking responsibility for the Ramatheertham incident.
Apart from this, BJP AP Morcha association Chief Dr. K Lakshman said that the OBCs of the state would be given a 34% reservation if the BJP came into power, and also pointed out that the Jagan government is doing them a great deal of injustice, by not giving them proper reservation.