BJP flays Ramana Deekshitulu for ‘Vishnu’ comment

Sunil Deodhar’s tweet against the chief priest goes viral

Tirumala chief priest A.V. Ramana Deekshitulu was at the butt of severe criticism by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for his alleged recent comment equating Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy with Lord Vishnu. In his tweet that has gone viral, BJP’s State co-in-charge Sunil Deodhar accused Deekshitulu of having ‘insulted the God Himself’. The tweet said: “Ramana Dikshithulu, by calling an On-Bail CM (who breeds pastors that call God Balaji a Saitan) an incarnation of Vishnu, you’ve insulted the God himself & crores of his devotees. With your boot licking of an anti-Hindu family, you removed sanctity of Pradhan Archak post in TTD”. Mr. Deodhar also added an undated photo of the Chief Minister getting blessings at a church, along with that of the chief priest. Though the tweet got over 1000 likes and 500 retweets within an hour, it nevertheless incurred the wrath of the twitterati for bordering on personal vilification. Similarly, BJP State spokesperson Samanchi Srinivas, in a video released to the media, decried that the chief priest had let down the faith of crores of Hindus by equating a person with the Almighty. “He might have chosen to thank the CM for the favours received, but not in this manner. It seems he has adorned the YSRCP flag and become the party spokesman,” he remarked.