Oppn slams KCR's Rs 5 cr gold offer to Lord Venkateswara

The main opposition Congress and the BJP in Telangana today criticised Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for using public money to fulfil his "personal vows" made to Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh.

In a princely offering, the Chief Minister today donated gold ornaments worth around Rs 5 crore to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala, to fulfil a vow he had made for realisation of separate Telangana.

After offering worship to the presiding deity (Lord Venkateswara), Rao handed over a golden garland studded with fossilised shells called "Shaligram Haram" and a multi-layer gold necklace called "Makhara Kantabharanam," weighing about 19 kg and worth about Rs 5 crore to the temple Executive Officer D Sambasiva Rao, temple sources told

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