Lucknow: Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotirmath in Uttarakhand on Monday blamed the directors of the Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati Balaji temple over the ‘prasadam’ controversy.
“Such an enormous incident has occurred… The trustees of Tirupati temple, the functionaries, these senior officers, all are responsible. Even when the function of a 3rd individual emerges in the course of the investigation, prima facie they’re those who’re responsible,” the Shankaracharya mentioned whereas speaking to reporters in Lucknow on Monday.
Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand made the remarks whereas responding to a question that sought his views over the controversy relating to the alleged adulteration in Tirupati temple’s ‘laddu’ prasad.
He was within the state capital as a part of his nationwide ‘Gau Raksha Yatra’ that he started on Sunday from Ayodhya the place he had kept away from visiting the Ram temple that was consecrated on January 22 earlier this yr because the temple was nonetheless “incomplete.” He expressed concern over cow slaughter within the nation and demanded a legislation to test cow slaughter.
The seer additionally slammed the NDA for not taking proactive steps within the matter, saying it has been confirmed that “they’ve cheated the Hindus”. He mentioned if the nation’s president or prime minister had been a “actual Hindu”, they’d not have allowed cow slaughter to happen.
He went on so as to add, “Both they need to have resigned, or handed an order that no cow slaughter can happen now,” he mentioned.
He mentioned he was not against any social gathering and added, “Be it the Congress or the BJP, whoever does the work of a butcher might be opposed. The federal government of butchers can’t run within the nation now.” In the meantime, the Samajwadi Social gathering focused the federal government by sharing a clip of the Shankaracharya’s assertion in a submit on its official ‘X’ deal with.
The submit mentioned, “Most beef manufacturing or export is occurring within the tenure of Chief Minister Yogi (Adityanath).” The social gathering alleged that the Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh authorities “collects donations from beef export firms and in return promotes beef export.” “BJP’s cow safety marketing campaign is a blatant lie, as an alternative of cow shelters, animals are killing people on the roads. CM Yogi is engaged in corruption within the title of cow shelters; animals are dying of starvation and thirst,” it added.
Reacting to the feedback of the shankaracharya on the Tirupati laddu row, state BJP spokesperson Aalok Verma, mentioned, “It is a matter of religion (‘aasthaa’) for crores of Hindus, and the followers of Sanatan Dharma won’t ever imagine this. This whole incident needs to be probed, and the responsible individuals needs to be given the harshest of punishment.” On allegations levelled by the Samajwadi Social gathering, Verma mentioned, “The BJP is a celebration which renders providers to the cows. Everybody within the state is aware of the scenario within the state earlier than 2017. Atrocities had been dedicated on cows. At this time, ‘gau ashrams’ (cow shelters) have been inbuilt each district within the state.”
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