Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Friday said he has taken note of reports which claimed that ‘animal fat’ was used in the adulterated ghee used as an ingredient for making Tirupati laddoos,

Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi calls for investigation into animal fat allegations in Tirupati laddus, sparking concern among devotees.

Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu has sparked a controversy by alleging that animal fat was used in laddus at Tirupati's temple during Jagan Mohan Reddy's regime, a claim rejected by Reddy's party:

Union Food Minister Prahlad Joshi on Friday sought a thorough investigation into allegations of presence of animal fat in Tirupathi's prasad."Whatever the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister said is a very serious matter,

Big controversy has erupted in Andhra, after CM Chandrababu Naidu accused YSRCP of using ‘animal fat’ in the of ‘prasadam’ of Lord Balaji. Sharing details of the lab report, TDP Spox on Sept 19 said the “lab report certifies that beef tallow and animal fat - lard,

A controversy broke after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu accused the previous YSRCP government of using substandard ingredient like animal fat to make the sweets offered at the ancient Sri Venkateshwar temple at Tirumala.

Naidu alleged that the previous YSRCP government compromised the Sri Venkateswara temple by using substandard ingredients and animal fat in the Tirupati laddus.

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president YS Sharmila has demanded that Naidu be held accountable for his remarks. She urged him to set up a high-level inquiry if his allegations were genuine.

"Even Tirumala laddu was made with substandard ingredients...they used animal fat instead of ghee," claimed Naidu. He added that pure ghee was now being used and everything has been sanitised at the temple.