The Telugu Desam Party-led National Democratic Alliance government headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is likely to entrust the case of adulteration of ghee used for preparation of famed Tirumala laddu during the previous regime to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Ever since YSR Congress party led by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy lost the assembly elections with a huge margin in June this year, popular Hyderabad-based poll strategist AARAA Masthan has quietly disappeared from the scene.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera on Saturday took potshots at Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan over his demand for the formation of a ‘Sanatan Dharma Rakshana Board’ and said that his old statements on beef are enough to "expose his duplicity on matters of faith".
Even as the controversy over adulteration of laddu prasadam of Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati district has kicked up a nation-wide rage, doubts are being expressed over the quality of prasadam being offered to deities in other temples in the state.
It looks like Jana Sena Party headed by power star and Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan has become the easy place for rehabilitation of defeated MLAs of the YSR Congress party.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has stirred a hornet’s nest by alleging adulteration of the ghee used in making the laddu prasadam of Lord Venkateshwara at Tirumala Hills in Tirupati district.
Even as the political situation in Andhra Pradesh heated up due to the controversy over the adulteration of ghee used in the laddu prasadam of Lord Venkateshwara on Tirumala during the previous YSR Congress party regime, an interesting development went largely unnoticed in the state.
Srikalahasti MLA Bojjala Sudheer Reddy's actions have become increasingly controversial.
Former Chief Minister and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of diverting public attention from his first 100 days of governance by spreading false claims about the Tirumala laddu prasadam.
The Akkineni family grandly celebrate the centenary of Akkineni Nageswara Rao today, joined by special guests like K Raghavendra Rao and Murali Mohan.
Vijayawada Police on Friday arrested YSR Congress Party leader Kukkala Vidyasagar following a complaint by Mumbai-based actress Kadambari Jethwani
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday sought a report from the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on the alleged presence
The row over animal fat in the Tirupati laddu took a new turn on Friday with the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) approaching the Andhra Pradesh High Court to seek a probe into the allegations.
Denying the allegations of adulteration in ghee used for preparing Tirumala laddu, YSR Congress Party MP and former chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Y. V. Subba Reddy on Thursday offered to swear at the feet of deity to prove his honesty and challenged Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to do the same.
When YSR Congress party led by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was in power, all his party leaders, including MLAs and ministers used to describe him as a synonym for credibility, because he would implement whatever he had promised in his election manifesto.
