Chandi Yagam against Constitution: Communist Party of India

Accusing Telangana Chief Minister of misusing government machinery and wasting public money, the BJP disapproved of the “exorbitant splurge of money and misusing government machinery for a personal event”, though the party said that it supported performing “yagnas and yagas” for the larger public good. 

“BJP demands the expenditure involved in laying roads to KCR farm house, security and logistics also be borne by the CM,” Telangana BJP spokesperson Krishna Sagar Rao said. The Telangana CPI(M) unit alleged that the ‘yagam’ being performed by the CM is against the Constitution as it promotes superstition among people.

The Chief Minister had last week said that, “It is purely my own Yagam. Some of my friends have come forward to support it. I am spending money from own account. Not even single naya paisa from government will be used for it.” Earlier this morning, the Chief Minister was accorded a traditional welcome when he arrived there at his farm house.

Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh E S L Narasimhan also took part in the puja. ‘Gou puja’, ‘Maha Mantapa Sthapanam’, ‘Chandi yantra lekhanam’, among others, formed part of the rituals on the first day, a CMO statement said. President Pranab Mukherjee would visit the place on December 27.