The Andhra Pradesh government has refused permission to the Standing Committee of Home Affairs to visit Tirupathi and Tirumala on June 15.

The committee comprises 31 MPs across political parties and M Venkaiah Naidu, chairman of the Standing Committee wanted to oversee the security preparedness and review the arrangements of the National Disaster Management authority.

The Standing Committee also wanted the state chief secretary to present a power point presentation to the 31 MPs of the Andhra Pradesh Government . 

The Parliament Secretariat received a fax on Wednesday that the state government would be under the election model code of conduct as the Tirupathi and Tirumala assembly segments go to the polls on June 12. This seat was held by Rajya Sabha MP Chiranjeevi. 

Political observers feel that since it is Venkaiah Naidu is the chairman, he wanted to take his men, but in Congress ruled Andhra Pradesh that could hardly work.

So they found an excuse that the polls would have been held by the time the committee reached Tirumala. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy does not want Naidu to take credit.