Hyderabad:
Amid the huge row over allegations that animal fats was used within the preparation of Tirupati laddus, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling the incumbent Chief Minister N Chandrababu a “pathological liar” and accusing him hurting the beliefs of crores of individuals “purely for political targets”.
The YSR Congress Celebration chief has stated the whole nation is wanting on the Prime Minister and it’s crucial that Mr Naidu “be reprimanded in (the) severest manner for his shameless act of spreading lies”. He has demanded that the “reality be dropped at gentle” to allay the suspicions within the minds of crores of Hindu devotees.
Mr Naidu’s TDP swept the Andhra polls this yr and paved the best way for Mr Reddy’s exit as Chief Minister. TDP can also be a key ally of the BJP on the Centre and its assist is vital to NDA’s majority in Lok Sabha after the BJP suffered a setback on this common election.
Mr Reddy has accused Mr Naidu of making an attempt to “irreparably tarnish the sanctity, integrity and fame of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams” and warned that this might have far-reaching penalties.
The YSRCP chief claimed that the folks’s notion of the brand new authorities is “fairly unfavorable” and the Tirupati row was aimed toward diverting consideration from its failures.
Addressing an NDA legislative social gathering assembly Wednesday, Mr Naidu stated animal fats was used to make the sought-after laddoos given as ‘prasad’ by the Sri Venkateswara Temple beneath the Jagan Reddy authorities.
Mr Reddy stated the tanker containing the presumably adulterated ghee arrived at Tirupati on July 12, however was rejected and never used to arrange prasadams. “The strong practices in place for many years in TTD may establish the questionable high quality and subsequently the ghee was not used. Regardless of this comforting state of affairs, Mr. Naidu selected to callously make a note that Tirumala Laddus had been made with animal fat and never with ghee,” he wrote.
The previous Chief Minister harassed the robustness of the insurance policies and procedures of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which manages the temple. Explaining the checks to make sure the ghee’s high quality, he stated each tanker that reaches the temple ought to have certification on the purity of ghee from businesses accredited by NABL — Nationwide Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories.
“Additional on the temple, three samples are obtained from each tanker and the identical are examined and solely after the three samples go the take a look at would the ghee be allowed to be put to make use of. If it so occurs that if even one of many samples seems to be substandard, the tanker is rejected and isn’t allowed to go. Subsequently, the query of sub-standard materials getting used within the preparation of prasadams doesn’t come up,” Mr Reddy stated. He added that this course of has been in drive for a number of many years and there have been a number of cases when tankers had been rejected.
“A accountable Chief Minister ought to, the truth is, try and convey to the eye of the general public the robustness of the checks and balances in place to offer them consolation as to sanctity of the functioning of the TTD. The way in which by which Mr Naidu acted was in a way completely devoid of social duty,” he stated.
The alleged report, Mr Reddy stated, comprises some very severe disclaimers. “The report conveys that the discovering wouldn’t be relevant if the milk fats belongs to varied classes which can be listed out within the annexure. The classes embody situations akin to milk fats being obtained from cows which acquired an exceptionally excessive feeding of pure vegetable oils, cotton or palm oils, milk fats obtained from cows which can be affected by vitality deficiency, milk fats obtained from cheeses. displaying elevated lipolysis and so forth. Subsequently, if any of the above situations exist, then the methodology adopted would yield an incorrect or false constructive end result.”
The YSRCP chief stated Mr Naidu had, in “complete disregard to sturdy non secular sentiments and with the malafide intent to unfold lies”, introduced the difficulty to gentle in a political social gathering assembly on September 18, greater than two months after the tanker was rejected. “The inaction of Mr. Naidu for the interval of two months conveys that he didn’t imagine that the ghee was adulterated bodily with animal fat and that the discovering of questionable high quality was made within the strategy of routine checks as per the protocol.”
“Sir, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu a pathological and routine liar has stooped so low as to significantly harm the beliefs of crores of individuals purely for political targets. His actions have certainly lowered not solely the stature of a Chief Minister but in addition that of everybody in public life and likewise the sanctity of the world famend TTD and its practices. Sir, the whole Nation seems to you at this important juncture. It is vitally crucial that Mr. Naidu be reprimanded in severest manner for his shameless act of spreading lies and the reality be dropped at gentle,” he wrote.
“Sir, this is able to assist allay the suspicions that Mr. Naidu has created within the minds of crores of hindu devotees and restore their religion within the sanctity of the TTD,” Mr Reddy added.