June 12, 2009
Shivakumar G Malagi
The Reddy broth ers made a thanksgiving offering of a Rs 45 crore diamond-studded gold crown to the Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirupati on ThursdayWhile tourism minister Gali Janardhan Reddy was reluctant to discuss the value of the jewelled crown, his elder brother, Bellary city MLA Somashekhar Reddy, let the cat out of the bag by revealing that it was worth around Rs 45 croreHe also disclosed that the crown weighs 30 kg and took nine months for the diamond workers of Coimbatore to make. The crown will adorn Mool Virat, the presiding deity of Lord VenkateswaraThe MLA denied the offering had anything to do with the brothers’ political ambitions or that they were hoping for the chief minister’s chair“If the chief minister’s post was written in our fate, who could have stopped us from assuming it? God has already made us Cabinet ministers and we are not power hungry,” he said, speaking to reportersAccording to him, Mr Janardhan Reddy had offered the crown to the Lord of the seven hills as a thanksgiving gesture, for being able to establish the Brahmani Steel plant and provide employment to 20,000 people in Kadapa and its surrounding districts Sources close to the Reddy family said that on February 9, 2009, Janardhan Reddy’s wife, Lakshmi had performed a ‘Kathyani Vrtham’ at Bellary at a cost of Rs 40 lakh for the success of her husband in the Brahmini Steel project and for his political growthMr Somashekhar Reddy performed a Yagna along with his relative — OMC director and present Congress MLA from Rayadurga constituency, Ramachandra Reddy in Andhra Pradesh at Nemakallu Anjanneyaswamy temple. “All three Reddy brothers are god-fearing and have their own favourite deities.” a close aide said
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