Guru inaugurates seat of power as KCR moves to palatial bungalow

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his spiritual guru, Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, kicked up a row when the former’s family moved into a newly built magnificent official residence.
It seemed like Telangana had a new Chief Minister for a few moments as K Chandrasekhar Rao’s spiritual guru Chinna Jeeyar Swamy was made to sit in the Chief Minister’s chair after the new bungalow was
It seemed like Telangana had a new Chief Minister for a few moments as K Chandrasekhar Rao’s spiritual guru Chinna Jeeyar Swamy was made to sit in the Chief Minister’s chair after the new bungalow was

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his spiritual guru, Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, kicked up a row on Thursday when the former’s family moved into a newly built magnificent official residence, located at Begumpet here.

Much to the dismay of various dignitaries, who were present at the housewarming ceremony held at 5.22 AM, Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, Hindu pontiff, sat on the official c hair of the Chief Minister even as CM KCR and his wife Shobha were standing. The seer, who has been the philosophical adviser to the Chief Minister for the past 30 years, at first solemnised the housewarming ceremony.

Amid chanting of Vedic hymns by various priests headed by Jeeyar Swamy, the CM and his wife entered the sprawling Vasthu-compliant official bungalow.

Later, after reaching the official chambers of the CM in the palatial building, which spreads across one lakh square feet on the 9-acre land, adjacent to the existing camp office of the CM, Chinna Jeeyar Swamy was requested to occupy the official chair of the CM. None other than the Chief Minister himself urged the hesitating pontiff to sit on his official chair. Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, who at first politely refused to occupy the CM’s gadde, after persistent pleas, sat on the chair.

Thereafter, the CM himself sat on the chair after taking the blessings of the Swamyji, formally inaugurating his chambers. Soon after this, the video clipping of Swamyji sitting on the CM’s chair has gone viral on social networking sites. “If it took at least 13 long years for the TRS boss KCR to occupy the CM’s gadde, for the Swamyji it took just a few seconds to sit on the official chair of the CM,” a comment posted by a netizen on a social networking site, says. Governor ESL Narasimhan, his wife and other ministers were also present.

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