Amid the Tirupati Laddu Prasadam row, Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan asserted that the state government is taking precautionary measures and is going to appoint a food inspector who will check the quality of the Mahaprasad offered to the Lord Jagannath in the temple.
The previous TDP (Telugu Desam Party) regime had encouraged sports and even undertaken construction of stadia and playgrounds but the YSRCP government has brought all the ongoing works to a grinding halt, the Chief Minister said during a review meeting at the State Secretariat on Youth Servi
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Tuesday held former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy responsible for the "contamination" of the Tirupati Laddu Prasadam.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday announced the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the allegations about the adulteration of Tirupati Prasadam (laddus).
"Not only that government has destroyed Amaravathi but also counter-attacked those who raised their voice and spread false propaganda against such persons," he said.
On September 19, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu stirred a political controversy after he claimed that the ghee used in the preparation of Tirupati laddoo prasadam, offered at Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple in Tirupati, contained animal fat during the previous YSRCP governme
Advocate K. Karuna Sagar has submitted a complaint to the Saidabad Police Station in Hyderabad, alleging that they allowed the use of low-quality ghee mixed with animal fat in the sacred Laddu Prasadam offered at Tirupati Venkateshwara Swamy temple.
Amid the Tirupati Laddu Prasadam controversy, YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday said that he will write a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and claimed that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has twisted the facts.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that previous YSR Congress-led by Jagan Mohan Reddy had used animal fat in consecrated sweets--'Tirupati Prasadam' instead of 'Ghee' at Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati.
He also highlighted that the previous government diverted funds from the Panchayat Raj Department and failed to provide accounts for natural disaster funds.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday expressed shock and grief over the death of seven people in a bus accident on Mogali ghat road in Chittoor district.