Tirumala, June 13 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh's new Chief Minister and TDP president, N.Chandrababu Naidu, said on Thursday that the cleansing of the state will start in Tirumala.

Talking to the media outside the shrine after the darshan of the Lord Balaji, Naidu said that the state has gone back 20 years in the development of the state due to the careless rule. of the YSRCP-led Jaganmohan Reddy government and no “tughlaq' rule hereafter in the state.

Naidu said, “My main focus is to provide graft-free governance. The new government is committed to protecting the interests of all sections of society.

The new government would take all measures to protect the sanctity of the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara, he said.

"Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we will have all-round development, and the country will soon become one of the greatest countries in the world," he said.

There is no compromise in protecting the sanctity of Tirumala, and the government won’t tolerate anyone's acts against the sanctity of the hill shrine temple, he added.

Earlier, a day after being sworn in as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Naidu, along with his family members, offered prayers at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala in the morning.

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