The Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team under the supervision of CBI has made explosive findings in the ghee adulteration scandal pertaining to the largest Hindu temple, Tirumala of Lord Venkateswara Swamy in Andhra Pradesh. Several key people involved in this unholy scam have already been arrested and further probe to unearth the entire scam is currently underway.
As expected, the starting revelations made by SIT before the Court triggered a massive political slugfest in Andhra Pradesh. What is more shocking is that the SIT findings made it crystal clear that the adulteration of ghee supplied for the preparation of the sacred Tirumala Laddu ( prasadam offered to devotees) started in 2019 and continued until 2024 during when YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress party ruled the state.
Surprisingly, the YSR Congress party has been maintaining absolute silence on the shocking details revealed during the SIT investigation. When Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu first raised objection over the quality of the ghee way back in 2024, YSRCP leaders including Jagan Mohan Reddy tried to brush off the allegations as a political conspiracy aimed to malign the party.
Now that the SIT unravelled that spurious ghee was supplied to TTD for five long years during Jagan’s regime despite the fact that there is a very strict mechanism in place to test the quality of the ghee squarely points the blame for the entire desecration on the previous government. That such a high level adulteration of ghee happened and was also able to bypass quality tests including the Reichert – Miessl ( RM) value test without the knowledge or influence of those who held key positions in TTD is far from truth.
Cornered badly by the SIT report, the YSRCP started blame game by targeting both Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan and accusing them of diversion politics. But, the SIT report clearly implicates the TTD board run by YSR Congress party during 2019 to 2024 for the grave mistake. Also, former TTD Chairman YV Subba Reddy’s close aide was arrested for receiving money from the ghee contractors.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy usually has the habit of taking to X platform and posting long paras of his opinions on several issues. But, he adopted radio silence on the report given by SIT. He is yet to respond on the findings made by SIT. While YSRCP cadre wants Jagan Mohan Reddy to address the press and come up with facts on the ongoing allegations, he simply remained silent without reacting on the report.
YSRCP leaders like Ambati Ram Babu, Roja and Sajjala Rama Krishna Reddy tried to downplay the SIT report and attack the government without illogical arguments even after it was found that counterfeit ghee was blatantly used in Tirumala when YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was the Chief Minister. Once the SIT completes complete investigation, more shocking details will be out.
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