On the back-foot over Tirupati Laddoo furore, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s party has moved moved to the Andhra Pradesh High Court demanding an investigation into the claims made by the ruling party.
The lawyers representing the YSRCP, requested the court that either a sitting judge or a committee should be appointed by the High Court to investigate the claims made by the Chief Minister.
Earlier, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that the previous YSRCP government had desecrated Tirumala, the abode of world-renowned Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple, but noted the sanitisation process has already begun.
The CM further alleged that the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government had served substandard food to the Tirumala devotees to not only undermine its holiness but also hurt the devotees’ sentiments.
“After finding the evidence that substandard ingredients were used to make prasadam (consecrated food), we will take stringent action against the people responsible for it,” said Naidu in a press release.
Reacting to the issue, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan urged for the constitution of a ‘Sanatana Dharma Rakshana Board’ to look into issues related to temples across the country.In a post on X on Friday, Pawan Kalyan assured strict action on the ongoing laddu controversy in Tirupati and added that this matter points to many issues surrounding “desecration of temples, its land issues and other dharmic practices.”
Priyanka Chaturvedi, Shiv Sena (UBT), Rajya Sabha MP in tweet on X wrote,
The Tirupati Devasthan’s laddoo Prasadam, that every believer has had was laced with beef tallow, pig fat, fish oil is an outright criminal attempt against our faith. Just have no words to express my outrage and whoever is responsible for this needs to be punished severely for hurting the sentiments of devotees of Lord Tirupati. No mercy.
The Tirupati Devasthan’s laddoo Prasadam, that every believer has had was laced with beef tallow, pig fat, fish oil is an outright criminal attempt against our faith.
Just have no words to express my outrage and whoever is responsible for this needs to be punished severely for… pic.twitter.com/qu80BZIm2L— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) September 19, 2024
