Tirupati Row: Centre Demands Report On Laddus After 'Animal Fat' Claims

Union Health Minister JP Nadda has requested a detailed report on the controversy surrounding the Tirupati Temple laddus after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) claimed that a lab found traces of beef tallow, fish oil, and pig fat in the ghee used during YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's tenure.
Lab report confirmed animal fats, fish oil in ghee for making laddus

Lab report confirmed animal fats, fish oil in ghee for making laddus (Representative Image)

New Delhi: Union Health Minister JP Nadda has sought a detailed report into the controversy surrounding the laddus served at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams in Andhra Pradesh. The order comes after Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party claimed that a lab in Gujarat that said samples of the ghee used when his rival, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, was in power contained traces of beef tallow, fish oil, and pig fat, or lard.
BJP's key allies TDP and Jana Sena have launched a blistering attack on their rival YSRC, accusing Jagan Mohan Reddy of desecrating the temple and 'sanatan dharm'.
The controversy began when Naidu on Wednesday accused the previous YSRCP government of "adulterating" the sacred Tirumala Laddu. Naidu claimed that animal fat was used in place of pure ghee, sparking concerns.
Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSRCP hit back at Naidu's accusations, with party president Reddy writing in a post on X, "Chandrababu Naidu committed a great sin by damaging the sanctity of the divine temple Tirumala and the faith of hundreds of crores of Hindus. Chandrababu's comments on Tirumala Prasad are very evil. No one born of human birth speaks such words or makes such accusations."

Lab Test Finds Presence Of 'Foreign Fat' In Ghee

The Gujarat-based National Dairy Board, which tested the ghee used in preparing the Tirupati laddus, found traces of "foreign fat", its report revealed by the TDP Thursday said. According to the report by National Dairy Development Board's Centre of Analysis and Learning in Livestock and Food, accessed by TIMES NOW, the ghee sample revealed the presence of "beef tallow, pig fat, and fish oil". Amidst the ongoing war of words between the TDP and the YSRCP over the adulteration of Tirupati prasad, TDP spokesperson Anam Venkata Ramana Reddy presented the lab report at press conference Thursday. The sample receipt was recorded on July 9, 2024, and the report was dated July 16.
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