The Tirumala Laddu controversy has shaken the entire nation and deeply hurt many Hindus across the country.
Despite ongoing Laddu and other controversies within the TTD, the former EO Dharma Reddy, once known for his authoritative control, remains silent. His refusal to speak out is puzzling.
YSRCP Chief and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging action against the baseless allegations made by current Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu regarding the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).
Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on Sunday staged a protest at the residence of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, demanding his apology over alleged use of animal fat in making of Tirupati laddus during YSR Congress Party rule.
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Sunday began his 11-day Praschit Deeksha (penance) at a temple in Guntur district for alleged adulteration of animal fat in Tirupati laddu.
On Sunday, HYDRAA began demolishing unauthorized constructions in Nallacheruvu, Kukatpally.
Even as the ruling TDP and the YSR Congress are engaged in a political war over the famous Tirupati ‘laddus’ after a lab in Gujarat indicated the presence of animal fat in the ghee used to make them, the question that arises is whether or not, animal fat smells when mixed with any eatable including a laddu.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy faced a major political setback just before the elections due to the Land Titling Act issue.
Politicians in power are the same, regardless of where they are or which party they belong to.
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.
