Author: S.V. Badri
Publication: Organiser
Date: May 22, 2005
URL: http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=79&page=12
Introduction: One is amazed and
deeply hurt that the Chief Minister could not pick up hospitals owned and
run by Hindus for a tie up with a premier institution owned by one of the
most sacred temples of the Hindus. And the money for which comes from common
Hindu devotees. There are at least a dozen or more institutions that can
match up, rival and even surpass the facilities offered by Dr Cherian and
his team.
Y. 'Samuel' Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR),
the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, is proving to be the greatest facilitator
of Christian missionary work in Andhra.
A few days ago, he ensured the entry
of JRG Wealth Management Limited, an organisation owned by a Kochi based
Syrian Christian, G.B. Mathew, into the decision making and procurement
process of prasadam materials for Ugranam of Venkateshwara temple in Tirupati.
And now, he has gone ahead in bringing
in a deal between the SVIMS (Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences
owned and run by the TTD) and the Frontier Lifeline and Dr K.M. Cherian
Heart Foundation of Chennai. Dr Cherian is a Christian and the founder
of Madrasa Medical Mission, a true missionary hospital in Chennai. This
telemedicine facility was inaugurated by YSR recently through interaction
with Dr Cherian and his team through a video conference.
Without intending to belittle the
professional competence of Dr Cherian, one is amazed and deeply hurt that
the Chief Minister could not pick up hospitals owned and run by Hindus
for a tie up with a premier institution owned by one of the most sacred
temples of the Hindus. And the money for which comes from common Hindu
devotees like you and me. There are at least a dozen or more institutions
that can match up, rival and even surpass the facilities offered by Dr
Cherian and his team.
Perhaps, YSR does not consider hospitals
owned and run by Hindus as worthy of this alliance. Hospitals of eminence
like the Apollo Hospitals (incidentally, the chairman, Dr Pratap C Reddy
comes from Aragonda, about 40 kms from Tirupathi and Apollo has a hospital
facility at Aragonda also), Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Hospitals,
Sri Sai Baba's wonderful hospital at Puttaparthi, Mata Amritanandamayi's
hospital at Kochi, Narayana Hridayalaya of Bangalore, the Escorts Hospital
or for that matter any super speciality hospital run by Hindus in his capital
city-Hyderabad, as worthy of associating with SVIMS.
YSR has also laid foundations for
construction of Vasantha Mandapam in Tirumala, renovation and construction
of a new building for the Sri Venkateshwara Oriental College in Tirupati.
One should get into the details of which firm of contractors has been awarded
the contract for construction.
One will not be surprised if the
study would reveal Christians being the benefactors of such contracts.
Cost of the projects- is estimated at Rs 109 crores.
The converts like YSR are under
constant compulsion to prove their loyalty to the Church.
What next Reddy? Affliliate the
TTD veda pathashala to the Vatican?
Go ahead. No body will raise their
little finger in protest as you systematically siphon temple funds for
proselytisation.
One is sure that by the end of his
tenure, YSR will annexe TTD to Opus Dei.
Perhaps, with Hindu passivity at
such a peak, he might even manage to replace the shankha/chakra with the
cross.
