Chandrababu should come clear on adulteration remark

Tadepalli, Jan 30: Affirming that the lab reports had categorically stated that there was no animal fat in the Tirupati laddu, YSRCP has demanded that Chandrababu’s remark on the issue, which evoked global outrage among devotees, should be taken seriously, and that he should be pulled up for his irresponsible statement.
Speaking to the media here on Friday, Party State Coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy said that Chandrababu, holding high office, tried to politicise the issue by passing an irresponsible remark that there was adulteration in the Tirupati laddu, which created a major flutter.
YSRCP demands that Chandrababu should either own his remarks on adulteration of laddu with animal fat or give a categorical statement in the wake of the lab reports stating that no animal fat was found in the laddus.
The SIT report states that there is no animal fat in the laddu, which was based on reports from two national laboratories, and Chandrababu should be questioned for passing remarks that hurt the sentiments of devotees across the globe.
Nowhere in the report was it mentioned that the TTD Chairman or Board members were involved in the irregularities, which keeps our slate clean, and the allegations are subject to legal scrutiny.
The propaganda machinery and Chandrababu are still trying to maintain and again blame that all the adulteration was done only during 2019–24 instead of accepting the mistake. They are still trying to pick holes and level baseless allegations only to cover up his foolhardiness.
Chandrababu owes an explanation as the entire investigation was stirred after his remarks on the adulteration, which has hurt the sentiments of the devotees.
For procurement of ghee, there is a system in place and we tried to improve it by stepping up quality control and rejecting any product that did not fit the stipulated regulations.
We brought modernity into the system and the coalition only pointing out the period of 2019–24 and cherry-picking transactions only shows its political intentions. The companies and contractors were in place much before, and names changed, but the supplies remained the same, he said.
We demand that Chandrababu should either own the remarks he passed that the Tirupati laddu was contaminated with animal fat or give his version on the lab report, which has scientific authenticity and clearly mentioned that no animal fat was found in the prasadam.