Is Jagan Mohan Reddy actually anti-Hindu? I went through the TTD budgets from 2019 to 2024 and the numbers don't match the narrative.

The "anti-Hindu" label gets thrown around so much that I wanted to actually check the numbers

instead of taking either side's word for it. Specifically the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams

budget, since TTD is the single biggest signal of how an AP CM treats the state's most

important Hindu institution.

Here's what I found going through the annual TTD budgets approved by the Trust Board:

• 2019-20 (Jagan's first full year): ₹3,116.25 crore

• 2024-25 (his last budget, approved Jan 2024): ₹5,142 crore

• That is approximately a 65% increase across his tenure

• Sri Padmavathi temple at Tiruchanur and Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple both saw

renovation allocations during this period

If a CM was actually trying to undermine the state's biggest Hindu institution, would the budget

grow by 65%? Genuine question.

Now, what fuels the anti-Hindu narrative isn't entirely fabricated either, and I want to be fair:

• The Antarvedi rath fire (Sept 2020) and the Ramateertham idol vandalism (Dec 2020)

happened on his watch and both were deeply distressing for devotees

• The controversy around non-Hindus on the TTD board got valid criticism

• His own family being Christian gets weaponized regardless of his actions

But two specific incidents being badly handled is not the same as "anti-Hindu CM." Those are

different claims and they get collapsed in WhatsApp forwards.

What do you think? Is the label fair, exaggerated, or somewhere in between? Genuinely curious

how people on the ground in AP read this.

Sources: TTD Trust Board budget approvals reported by Business Standard, Hans India, and

Deccan Chronicle. Links in comments.