Visakhapatnam, Feb. 8 -- Telugu Desam Party State President Palla Srinivasa Rao on Sunday charged the previous Jagan Reddy regime with hurting the sentiments of crores of Hindus by allowing supply of adulterated ghee to the Tirumala hill shrine for preparation of the sacred laddu prasadam.
Addressing a press conference here, he cited investigation details to state that synthetic and chemical substances were used for the preparation of the sacred Tirumala laddu prasadam, calling it a profound betrayal of Hindu faith.
"Nearly 20 crore laddus were prepared using close to 68 lakh kilograms of what was described as so-called ghee. Reports indicate that instead of pure dairy ghee, substances such as palm oil, chemical additives, and synthetic c...