Supreme Court rapped AP government as detected animal fat in ghee used to make Tirupati laddoos and 'prasadam'!?
According to report the supreme court on monday said it expected the “gods to be kept away from polity” in the massive controversy over the world-famous tirupati laddoos and prasadam. It rapped the andhra pradesh government over going to the press with the laboratory reports, which purportedly detected animal fat in the ghee used to make the consecrated sweets. The bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan asked the state government why it went to the press with the lab reports if it had already ordered a probe into the matter. “[Report] is not at all clear. If you had already ordered investigation, what was the need to go to press? Report came in July, statement came in September. This report prima facie indicates that this is not the material used in the preparation,” Justice Viswanathan said.
Perhaps Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the state government, said the petitions before the sc are “not bonafide” and an attempt to attack the current regime by the previous government. Justice Gavai said “You ordered an SIT. Till the outcome, what is the necessity to go to the press? When you hold constitutional office, it is expected that you would… We expect Gods to be kept away from polity”. To this, senior advocate siddharth Luthra said the ghee was procured from private vendors in the last few years. He argued that there were complaints about its quality and a show-cause notice was also issued to the contractor.“Was the ghee not found in conformity, was it used for ‘prasadam’?” asked Justice Gavai, to which Luthra said: “We are investigating.” The supreme court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking a court monitored investigation into the allegations by chief minister N chandrababu naidu that the previous YSRCP regime used animal fat in the ghee to make the consecrated laddoos at the tirumala tirupati Temple.
Perhaps Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the state government, said the petitions before the sc are “not bonafide” and an attempt to attack the current regime by the previous government. Justice Gavai said “You ordered an SIT. Till the outcome, what is the necessity to go to the press? When you hold constitutional office, it is expected that you would… We expect Gods to be kept away from polity”. To this, senior advocate siddharth Luthra said the ghee was procured from private vendors in the last few years. He argued that there were complaints about its quality and a show-cause notice was also issued to the contractor.“Was the ghee not found in conformity, was it used for ‘prasadam’?” asked Justice Gavai, to which Luthra said: “We are investigating.” The supreme court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking a court monitored investigation into the allegations by chief minister N chandrababu naidu that the previous YSRCP regime used animal fat in the ghee to make the consecrated laddoos at the tirumala tirupati Temple.