Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav on Sunday raised concerns about the substandard ingredients, including animal fat, used in the preparation of the Tirupati Laddu Prasadam and called for an investigation into the matter.
"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.
Reacting to the Tirupati Prasadam row Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Sunday said that the guilty must face punishment and alleged that during the YSRCP regime, 219 temples were destroyed.
High Court Advocate K. Karuna Sagar said that the alleged use of 'animal fat' in Laddu Prasadam given at Tirumala Temple in Tirupati by previous YSRCP government was an attack on Hindu Sentiments, "a conspiracy".
Mahant Amar Das Ji Maharaj of Ram Mandir Dausa, Rajasthan on Sunday demanded CBI inquiry in the alleged use of 'animal fat' in Tirupati Laddu Prasadam given at Tirumala Temple in Tirupati.
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
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Sunday said that the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams board was "altered for political gain" by the previous government after CM Chandrababu Naidu alleged that YSRCP govt used 'animal fat' in Laddu Prasadam given at Tirumala Temple in Tirupa
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday called for a fast-track inquiry into the alleged use of animal fat in preparation of prasadam for Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple in Tirupati.
Spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, urged for the constitution of a committee of spiritual leaders to oversee matters in temples.
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Sunday started 11 days 'Prayaschitta Diksha' at Sri Dasavatara Venkateswara Swamy Temple, in Guntur as penance for the alleged use of 'animal fat' in Tirupati Laddu Prasadam given at Tirumala Temple in Tirupati.
The row comes days after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu claimed that substandard ingredients, including animal fat, were used in the preparation of Tirupati laddus, a sweet offered at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, during the previous Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Cong