Amaravati, Feb 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday claimed that over 20 crore Tirupati laddus were made with adulterated ghee and sold during the YSRCP rule. He claimed that between 2019 and 2024, 59.71 lakh litres of adulterated ghee were supplied to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), and Rs. 234 crore were spent on this.Replying to the debate in the State Assembly on the Tirupati laddu adulteration, he said 20.01 crore laddus were made with adult…
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Amaravati, Feb 23 (IANS) Opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) continued to stall proceedings of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council for the second week, demanding discussion on the supply of ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) by Indapur Dairy and Milk Products Limited, which it claimed had links with Heritage Foods owned by the family of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.Like last week, the YSRCP members moved an adjournment motion on Monday seeking to suspend the listed business …
Amaravati, Feb 20 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh government on Friday constituted a one-man committee to recommend suitable action against erring officials in the case relating to the supply of alleged adulterated ghee for Tirumala laddu. Dinesh Kumar, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, will examine the Self-Contained Note (SCN) of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and recommend initiation of suitable action against erring committee members and senior officers of Tirumala Tirupati …
Amaravati, Feb 18 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Botsa Satyanarayana on Wednesday accused Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu of corruption in the ghee tenders for Tirumala laddu prasadam.Speaking at the Assembly media point, the YSR Congress Party leader said the allegations earlier made by CM Naidu that animal fat was found in laddu ghee were purely for political gain and have been proven false by the Supreme Court–monitored CBI-SIT report.He accused the C…
Amaravati, Feb 8 (IANS) YSR Congress Party leader and former minister Kurasala Kannababu on Sunday accused Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of repeatedly dragging the Tirupati laddu issue into public discourse to divert attention from what he described as the failures of his government.Speaking to the media in Kakinada, Kannababu said that despite being in power for 20 months, the government has failed to implement key promises and resorts to raising the laddu controversy whenever it faces cr…
Amaravati, Feb 6 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Friday called upon people to act as conscious guardians of dharma.In the wake of the controversy over alleged adulteration of ghee used for making sacred Tirupati laddu, the Jana Sena leader reminded Hindus of their dharmic responsibility.“Every devotee carries a Dharmic responsibility! Let us come out of the slumber and convenience of an average Hindu mind, where there is a fear of God and respect for faith.”However,…
Amaravati, Feb 4 (IANS) YSR Congress Party president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday warned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu that if the ‘jungle raj’ continues in the state, the party cadre will hit back with equal measure and teach a fitting lesson. “We are witnessing jungle raj in Andhra Pradesh. There is no law and order. We have a situation where Chandrababu Naidu is abusing the government and the policy authority for his political interests,” the former Chief Min…
Tirupati, Dec 30 (IANS) Union Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, several Andhra Pradesh ministers, and celebrities offered prayers at Tirumala temple on the occasion of Vaikuntha Ekadasi on Tuesday.Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, along with his wife Geetha, daughter, son-in-law and grandson had darshan at the hill shrine.The Chief Minister, who had arrived in Tirumala on Monday night, was received by the officials of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD).He also …