TTD BACKS NAIDU'S CLAIM AS LADDU ROW INTENSIFIES

Centre seeks a report from Andhra Pradesh, promises suitable action | YS Jagan Mohan Reddy dubbing the accusations as “atrocious"

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The Tirupati Laddu row intensified on Friday with the TTD, which is managing the super-rich temple, backing Chief Minister N Chandra Babu Naidu’s claim that the famous ‘prasadam’ had animal fat and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy dubbing the accusations as “atrocious”.

The Centre too weighed in, with Union Health Minister JP Nadda seeking a report on the matter from the Andhra Pradesh government and promising suitable action after examining it. Food Minister Pralhad Joshi called for an investigation into the allegations.

Addressing a press conference in Tirupati, a day after the TDP circulated a lab report to back Naidu’s claim that animal fat was used in Tirupati laddus during the previous YSRCP government, TTD Executive Officer J Shyamala Rao said lab tests had revealed the presence of animal fat, ‘Lard’ (pig fat) and other impurities and the board was in the process of blacklisting the contractor who supplied ‘adulterated’ ghee.