Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister on Thursday said action will be taken against those who committed sacrilege at Tirumala by using ghee made of unholy ingredients for making Tirumala laddu.
He told media persons that action would be taken against those involved once evidence is found against them.
"Lab reports say unholy ingredients were used. We will keep an eye on those responsible for it and take action," he said and remarked that the guilty have to be punished no matter who they are.
This was said by Naidu hours after TDP spokesman Anam Venkata Ramana Reddy displayed a lab report before the media, which indicated that beef tallow, lard relating to pig fat, and fish oil were found in ghee used for the preparation of Tirupati laddu when the YSR Congress Party was in power.
The test conducted at the Centre of Analysis and Learning in Livestock and Food (CALF) at the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Gujarat establishes that there exists foreign fat in the ghee.
TDP spokesman unveiled the report a day when Chief Minister Naidu said that laddu was prepared with animal fat.
Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday alleged that YSRCP used Venkateswara Swamy for political purposes.
"For Hindus, Venkateswara Swamy is Kalyug God. Nobody had even imagined that they would do this. Everyone believes that if anyone does mischief with Srivari, he will be punished in this life. I don't know what to do with these evil people. Greed has a limit but they crossed all limits," he said.
Recall it was in the hands of the former chief minister N. T. Rama Rao, who launched Annadanam (free meals) at Tirumala, and thousands of complaints were received of poor quality of Annadanam.
The Chief Minister said his government has begun cleaning in Tirumala and it had started yielding good results in large numbers. "Hindus wish to have darshan of Venkateswara Swamy at least once in their life and express their desire but they acted in a manner to tarnish such a holy place, he said".
With this background, Education Minister Nara Lokesh stated that nobody involved in the adulterated ghee would go Scot-free. He further explained that the Annadanam and laddu, during erstwhile YSRCP rule, were of poor quality.
"Adulterated ghee was used for making laddus. We have evidence of this. Ghee sample was sent to NDDF for quality test and it confirmed that the ghee was made from animal fat,," he said.
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