The first official visit of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to the Yadadri temple along with his Cabinet colleagues on Monday stirred a controversy due to the seating arrangements during a special puja. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka was seen on camera sitting on a lower platform than other Ministers, including the Chief Minister and his wife, with the BRS alleging that the Congress was ‘insulting’ the
Deputy Chief Minister as he was a Dalit and in utter violation of protocol.
Videos and photographs of the temple visit were circulated widely on social media, with Revanth Reddy, along with his wife and fellow ministers, sitting on a higher platform while priests conducted a special puja. The BRS accused the ruling Congress of brutally ‘insulting’ Bhatti Vikramarka, citing a violation of protocol.