DECCAN CHRONICLE. Updated Jan 9, 2021, 12:44 pm IST Raghupati said the Opposition parties were trying to gain political mileage through temple attacksit. The deputy speaker said governance has been made easier by the setting up of village and ward secretariats.— www.aplegislature.org Kakinada: Deputy Speaker of AP Legislative Assembly Kona Raghupathi exhorted all on Friday that the incidents of attacks on temples should not be given a political colour. He stated so after taking darshan of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy of Dwaraka Tirumala in West Godavari and participating in the Dappu Kalakarula Sangam meeting. Kona Raghupathi told the media that at a time when the state government was taking up many programmes to uplift the downtrodden sections, it was unfortunate such incidents of attacks on temples took place.