As soon as the NDA government was formed in June this year after the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, the governing body of the prestigious Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which heads the administrative functions of Lord Venkateswara Swamy, has been dissolved. Previously, YSRCP government formed a governing body comprising 24 members, along with four ex-officio members.Since then, there has been a lot of suspense on who will be appointed for the coveted post as Chairman of TTD by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.
There has been intense lobbying for the post of Chairman and board members and the demand is so huge that Chandrababu Naidu himself admitted this last week during the party registration program. Several names like Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Naga Babu, NV Ramana, RRR etc were heard in the media circles.
Finally, after a thorough consideration, Chandrababu Naidu has named TV 5 head BR Naidu as the Chairman of TTD board. He will lead the high-profile TTD Trust along with 24 other members. The names have also been officially revealed by the government of Andhra Pradesh just a while ago and the details are enclosed below.
It seems like Chandrababu has handpicked the board members so as to balance several equations and honouring the interests of political parties and neighbouring states. There are three TDP MLA’s and one former Minister in the board. Besides these, there are Five representatives from Telangana and two from Tamilnadu. Three persons from Karnataka and one each from Gujarat and Maharashtra also made the cut in the list.
The recent Laddu prasadam controversy has raked up the sentiments of Hindus all over the globe. There have been allegations that the previous government and the former board didn’t give top priority to save the sanctity of the biggest Hindu temple. Chandrababu Naidu promised to bring back the lost glory of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam and the temple.
BR Naidu (Chairman)
Members:
Jyothula Nehuru – Jaggampeta MLA
Prashanthi Reddy – Kovvur MLA
MS Raju – Madakasira MLA
Panabaka Lakshmi
Narsi Reddy
Sambasiva Rao (Shiva Jasti)
Sri Sadasiva Rao Nannapaneni
Krishna Murthy
Koteshwar Rao
Mallela Rajashekar Goud
Janga Krishnamurthy
Darshan .R .N,
Justice H.LDatt
Shantharam
P Ramoorthy
Janaki Devi Thammisetty
Boongunooru Mahender Reddy
Anugolu Rangasri
Buragapu Anandasai
Suchitra Yella
Naresh Kumar
Dr Adit Desai
Sri Saurabh H. Bora
