“Using Faith For Politics”: Jagan Reddy Denies Tirupati Laddoo Row Charges

1. In his first feedback for the reason that controversy broke Wednesday, Jagan Mohan Reddy slammed the “false report”, and accused Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his TDP of “utilizing religion for politics”. Shortly earlier than Mr Reddy spoke up the animal fat-ghee-Tirupati laddoo row reached the Supreme Court, with a petition alleging violation of Article 25 of the Structure, which ensures the precise to freedom of faith, together with the precise to apply. In the meantime, the Health Ministry has asked for a “detailed report” and Union Meals Minister Pralhad Joshi has referred to as for an in depth inquiry. “… the offender must be punished,” he informed reporters.

2. In the meantime, of their first feedback on this row, temple authorities accused their ghee provider of exploiting the shortage of in-house meals testing services. The Government Officer stated not having testing services meant they might not conduct routine high quality checks.

3. Tamil Nadu-based AR Dairy Meals Pvt Ltd, which equipped ghee to Tirumala in June and July, stated its consignments have cleared a number of lab exams. Its high quality management officers stated they’ve paperwork to show all check stories had cleared the ghee which was despatched to the temple. The dairy stated it equipped simply 0.01 per cent ghee to Tirumala.

4. The squabble over the laddoos erupted Wednesday after Mr Naidu’s TDP this week red-flagged a July 17 report from a state-run lab in Gujarat, which stated samples of the ghee from Tirupati tested positive for fish oil, beef tallow, and lard, which is a type of pig fats.

5. “Even Tirupati laddoo was made with substandard components… they used animal fats as a substitute of ghee,” the Chief Minister raged at a legislature get together assembly in Amravati the day earlier than. He stated his authorities had since ensured the next high quality of components, together with ghee. He additionally stated the temple premises have been to be “sanitised”.

6. His son and Andhra IT Minister Nara Lokesh stated the row was triggered by an anti-corruption probe into alleged irregularities within the buy of ghee and greens used to make the laddoos and free meals on the temple. Jana Sena Get together chief Pawan Kalyan, additionally the Deputy Chief Minister, hit out at the “desecration of ‘sanatandharm‘”.

7. The YSCP has hit again laborious in opposition to the allegations. Rajya Sabha MP YV Subba Reddy, the ex-Chairperson of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam – the government-run belief that manages the temple – stated it’s “unimaginable to even say ‘animal fats was utilized in consecrated meals provided day by day to the deity…'”. The YSRCP’s Karunakar Reddy, who was twice the Chairperson, claimed a political vendetta.

8. The Bharatiya Janata Get together, which is allied with the TDP and Jana Sena on the centre, can also be up in arms; Union Minister and Nationwide Common Secretary Bandi Sanjay slammed the “unforgivable sin” in opposition to a “very holy prasadam“. He additionally alleged the ghee subject was as a result of “few folks from different religions (had been) inducted” into the board.

9. The Congress, in the meantime, has been comparatively quiet. The get together’s Andhra Pradesh unit chief, YS Sharmila, has demanded a CBI inquiry into the animal fats allegations. Ms Sharmila is Jagan Mohan Reddy’s sister, however there’s little love misplaced between the siblings.

10. The temple kitchen makes around three lakh laddoos daily, with round 1,400 kg of ghee and huge quantities of cashew nuts, raisins, cardamoms, gram flour, and sugar used. Experiences point out the ghee was purchased from a provider in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul.

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