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Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu accused the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP of using animal fat in ghee to prepare Tirupati prasadam. (Image: PTI/File)
Saying Hindu sentiments have been “defiled” by those “responsible” for using animal fat in the Tirupati ‘prasadam’, the BJP traded its guns on the previous YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government
Lab reports indicating beef fat and fish oil in the ghee used to make the famous Tirupati prasadam has sparked a massive political storm, a day after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu accused the YSRCP regime of using animal fat to make the consecrated laddus.
Saying Hindu sentiments have been “defiled” by those “responsible” for using animal fat in the prasadam, the BJP traded its guns on the erstwhile YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government after the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) displayed a purported laboratory report from back in July confirming the adulteration.
Spokesperson Amit Malviya said those responsible for using these elements in the prasadam were ‘defiling’ Hindu religious sentiments.
Lab test report confirms beef fat, fish oil used in making laddus at Tirupati Balaji Temple.Those responsible for this act of defiling Hindu religious sentiments must be incarcerated.
Unless Hindus unite, they will be subjected to such humiliation, in the name of ‘secularism’. pic.twitter.com/wpVS28ewy6
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) September 19, 2024
“Lab test report confirms beef fat, fish oil used in making laddus at Tirupati Balaji Temple. Those responsible for this act of defiling Hindu religious sentiments must be incarcerated. Unless Hindus unite, they will be subjected to such humiliation, in the name of ‘secularism’,” Malviya said in a social media post.
BJP Karnataka said that the YSRCP government ‘deliberately attempted to undermine religious traditions’.