YSR Congress Moves to High Court Against Allegations of Adulterated Ghee in Tirupati Temple Prasad

Now the Modi government has also come into action in the case of adulterated ghee being found in the prasad of Tirupati Balaji temple. In this case, Health Minister JP Nadda has spoken to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Also, Health Minister JP Nadda has sought the lab test report from the Andhra Pradesh government. The Centre will now get the test report of NDDB investigated by FSSAI. At the same time, the Health Minister has said that action will be taken against whoever is found guilty. Meanwhile, YSR Congress has gone to the High Court against the allegations of CM Chandrababu Naidu and has appealed to the court to investigate this matter. The High Court will now hear this matter on Wednesday.

There is an uproar after the revelation of the alleged conspiracy to break the religion of crores of Hindus in Tirupati Balaji, one of the richest temples in the world. It has been confirmed that the laddus given to the devotees as prasad in Tirupati temple contains animal fat and fish oil. After this revelation, everyone from South to North is stunned. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Temple's Executive Officer Shamla Rao has also admitted that the sanctity of the temple has been violated. Shamla Rao alleged that the previous government had not taken any steps to check adulteration. He said that a big reason for adulterated ghee in the prasad is its price.

Shamla Rao said, 'The price fixed for buying ghee in the tender was not practical. Anyone can understand that pure ghee offered to God cannot be bought for Rs 320. For this, at least Rs 500 per kg will have to be paid. We started working on this and warned all the suppliers that if adulterated ghee is supplied, we will blacklist them. The quality of all the suppliers was good except one. That company is AR Food Tamil Nadu. We sent their sample to the NDDB lab. Pure milk fat in pure ghee should be between 95.68 to 104.32 but sadly, the milk fat value was found to be only 20 in all these samples. This means that the ghee was adulterated to a great extent.

CM Chandrababu Naidu has been continuously accusing the previous Jagan Mohan Reddy government of adulteration in the Tirupati temple's prasad. Naidu said that those who violated the sanctity of the Tirupati temple cheated God. Lord Venkateswara will punish them in this birth itself. He said, 'The things that have come to light in the investigation of the desecration of the prasad show that those people were so arrogant that they thought that no one could harm them. They did not even respect the feelings of the common people. The lab report that I have received shows that the quality of the prasad was compromised, impure things were mixed in it.'

After remaining silent for many days on the allegations of adulteration in the Tirupati temple's prasad, former Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy reacted for the first time on Friday. He completely rejected the allegations of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and said that adulterated ghee was never used in the temple prasad, Chandrababu Naidu is just trying to incite people and serve his political interests. He said, 'Chandrababu Naidu spread this lie to divert people's attention. He stooped so low that he even damaged the reputation of the temple. Whatever happened here is a part of the routine practice of the temple which was presented in a wrong way for political gains.'

Reddy said, 'TTD invites tenders every 6 months. As a part of the routine, tenders are given to those who are selected. These criteria have not been decided today. They have been going on like this for 10 years.' The issue of adulteration in Tirumala Prasad has now reached the court as well. YSR Congress has challenged the allegations made by Chief Minister Chandrababu on Tirumala Laddu Prasad in the High Court. The lawyers on behalf of the party have mentioned the allegations in the High Court bench and have demanded that the matter be investigated by a sitting judge or a committee formed by the High Court. The High Court bench will hear arguments on the matter on Wednesday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has also raised questions on the issue of adulteration in the prasad of Tirupati temple. He has posted on social media that the reports of the desecration of prasad are disturbing and this issue should be considered deeply. He said, 'The reports of desecration of prasad in Sri Venkateswara Temple of Tirupati are disturbing. Lord Balaji is a revered deity by millions of devotees in India and around the world. This issue will sadden every devotee and needs to be considered deeply. Authorities across India will have to protect the sanctity of our religious places.'

At the same time, saints across the country were also angry after it came to light that Lord Venkatesh's Prasad Laddus contained animal fat and fish oil. They are demanding the death penalty for those who desecrate Hinduism. Reacting to this, Satendra Das, the chief priest of Ram temple, said that this has hurt his faith. At the same time, Ravindra Puri, President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, demanded the death penalty for the culprits. On the issue of 'unholy' Prasad in Tirupati Balaji temple, people are also demanding action against the culprits on social media.