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Hyderabad, June 26 ( PMI ): Temples Protection Movement Convenor and Hereditary Archaka cum Trustee of Chilkur Balaji Temple Rangarajan today demanded AP Government under YS Jaganmohan Reddy to scrap the newly appointed Specified Authority and urged him to Constitute a full-fledged Trust Board with a Practicing Hindu Dalit as the Chairman.
“If a Dalit is appointed as the Chairman, it will definitely send positive signals to the Marginalised communities who were feeling excluded in the Temple System. The Chairman performs the role of Yajaman who the Kartha of the Temple Rituals is and holds higher clout than the Archakas or Jeeyangars,” he said while noting that such an action of the Chief Minister is required to set aside the apprehensions of Crores of Devotees of Balaji who feel that the Specified Authority may toe the line of the Government to divert the funds of TTD for adjusting the Fiscal Deficit.
“We have nothing against the officers who are individually capable of Administration, but a full-fledged Trust Board will have sufficient Checks and Balances in case of any such eventuality.” The priest said.
He said that Earlier instance of the Specified Authority in 2010 was under United Andhra Pradesh Government which was for a short term but had Officers from other Departments.
He said that The Specified Authority was constituted only in extraordinary circumstances and added that the devotees feel that there was no such situation at present. (PMI)
