TIRUPATI: Union tourism minister G Kishan Reddy has clarified in a letter to chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy that he did not recommend anyone to be nominated to the TTD trust board. The clarification follows reports that one Yelishala Ravi Prasad was appointed as a special invitee to the TTD trust board on the recommendation of the minister.
“It has come to my notice that Yelishala Ravi Prasad has been nominated as a special invitee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. I was also informed that certain media organisations were carrying news that he was nominated as a special invitee on the recommendation of the ministry of tourism, Govt of India,” Kishan Reddy stated in the letter.
“I would like to categorically mention that neither the ministry of tourism nor I in my personal capacity either recommended or proposed his name. It is in this context that I request your personal intervention into this issue so that suitable action can be taken against those propagating this misinformation,” he said.
