Opinion: Tirupati Laddu Row — Flirting with Hindutva, Naidu & Pawan Kalyan Bit More Than They Could Chew

Pawan Kalyan’s 'theatrics' and Chandrababu Naidu’s aggressive posturing on the prasadam issue have affected the sentiments of thousands and lakhs of Tirupati Lord Venkateswara Swami devotees in Andhra Pradesh and elsewhere in the world.

Source : PTI

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, who steadily maintained a secular image through his political life so far, has, at the near end of his career, taken a sudden U-turn, bringing Tirupati Balaji into politics, pleasing his saffron colleagues.  In fact, the BJP took the Tirupati Laddu in both hands and raised it sky high in the hope that it rekindles the Hindu sentiments that kind of tapered off in the run-up to the Lok Sabha general elections, reducing the party to 240