Hyderabad: Even because the Supreme Courtroom Friday ordered an impartial probe by a brand new particular investigation workforce (SIT) into the Tirupati laddu ghee adulteration case, the ruling Telugu Desam Celebration (TDP)-led alliance and the opposition YSR Congress Celebration (YSRCP) in Andhra Pradesh are warring over the info of the case, each espousing the identical slogan—Satyameva Jayate—to defend their submissions to the general public.
After the apex courtroom ordered the probe by an SIT supervised by the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) —rather than the workforce shaped by the Andhra Pradesh authorities—former chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy demanded that the incumbent, Chandrababu Naidu, “apologise to the individuals and devotees for his blatant lies”.
“If Chandrababu has any concern or devotion to God, he ought to without delay remorse his remarks publicly and repent. However (even after the SC’s order and remarks) he and the TDP are peddling the identical lies, twisting the courtroom’s strictures to place blame on us, deceiving the individuals,” Jagan advised reporters at his Tadepalli workplace.
“From the SC judgment immediately and feedback made by SC judges Monday, it’s evident that the courtroom categorically chastised Naidu for talking such lies. In truth, the Supreme Courtroom has made it very clear to not convey God into politics, clearly reprimanding Chandrababu for no matter he has mentioned,” Jagan mentioned.
“Even after being caught for his misdeeds involving Tirumala Venkateswara Swamy, Chandrababu Naidu has not discovered his lesson and continues to unfold misinformation. False statements are being shared from the official Twitter deal with @JaiTDP, claiming that the Supreme Courtroom is… pic.twitter.com/bHOIrojmCo
— YSR Congress Celebration (@YSRCParty) October 4, 2024
Th YSRCP and celebration activists at the moment are utilizing the hashtag #SatyamevaJayate and #CBNShouldApologiseHindus on social media focusing on Naidu. #YSJaganExposedTDP, #SaveTTDFromTDPFakeNews and #100DaysOfCBNSadistRule are the opposite tags being utilized by the YSRCP.
Naidu, too, took to X, welcoming the Supreme Courtroom’s order to arrange an SIT comprising officers from the CBI, the Andhra Pradesh Police and the Meals Security and Requirements Authority of India “to research the problem of adulteration of Tirupati laddu”.
“Satyamev Jayate. Om Namo Venkatesaya,” wrote the CM, as some TDP supporters additionally used the hashtag of their posts defending their supremo and blaming Jagan for the laddu controversy.
I welcome the Honourable Supreme Courtroom’s order of establishing SIT, comprising officers from CBI, AP Police and FSSAI to research the problem of adulteration of Tirupati laddu.
Satyamev Jayate.
Om Namo Venkatesaya.
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) October 4, 2024
Later within the night, Naidu was in Tirumala to attend the inaugural ceremony of the ten-day annual celestial fest (Brahmotsavams) on the temple, attended by lakhs of devotees every day. Naidu—who has been faulting Jagan for coming into the temple as CM in earlier years with out submitting a declaration for non-Hindus and with out his spouse— was accompanied by his spouse Bhuvaneswari. They introduced silk robes to the deity on behalf of the federal government.
The allegations made by Naidu final month—that ghee laced with animal fats had been used within the preparation of Tirupati laddus in the course of the YSRCP’s tenure—sparked a large row nationwide and stirred up public sentiments in AP, the place the famed Lord Venkateshwara temple is positioned.
Whereas the YSRCP vehemently denied the allegations, calling them politically motivated, Naidu’s costs however cornered the YSRCP chief. Naidu’s ally, Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan, doubled down on the assaults in opposition to Jagan, accusing him of grievously injuring the non secular sentiments of Hindus.
Though the adulterated ghee in query was provided in July, a month after the TDP-led alliance got here to energy, the dairy accused of supplying it—the Tamil Nadu primarily based AR Dairy—was chosen by the temple belief board (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams or TTD) in Might, when the YSRCP was nonetheless in energy.
As senior leaders and others together with former Union minister Subramanian Swamy and YSRCP Rajya Sabha MP Y.V. Subba Reddy—a former TTD chairman—approached the Supreme Courtroom looking for a deeper probe led by a retired SC decide or retired excessive courtroom chief justice, Jagan has been holding press conferences and posting paperwork on social media supporting his model, with the slogan Satyameva Jayate.
What’s the which means of this ?
Is that this proof not sufficient @ncbn ?
“Satyameva Jayate” @BJP4India @INCIndia @arivalayam @BRSparty @samajwadiparty @AamAadmiParty @AIADMKOfficial @narendramodi @AmitShah @ShivSenaUBT_ @AITCofficial @VCKofficials @bspindia @JanataDal_S @NCPspeaks… pic.twitter.com/RT8QgHbKRk— YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (@ysjagan) September 29, 2024
Jagan had even written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging that Naidu be “reprimanded within the severest means” for spreading “lies” over the Tirupati laddu.
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SC’s order & new SIT
In his writ petition within the SC filed on 23 September, Swamy cited and annexed ThePrint report that broke the information, quoting TTD govt officer Syamala Rao, that the ghee discovered to be contaminated with animal fats by the Nationwide Dairy Growth Board’s Centre for Evaluation and Studying in Livestock and Meals (NDDB CALF) was by no means used to make laddus.
Swamy has referred to as the CM’s allegations unsubstantiated.
At present I filed a PIL looking for Supreme Courtroom path to research unsubstantiated allegation by CM C.B. Naidu that the Tirupati Tirumala Temple Prasadam had been adulterated with meat of animals and different rotten gadgets creating chaos virtually bhaktas
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) September 23, 2024
After listening to the petition, the SC bench of justices B.R. Gavai and Okay.V. Viswanathan in its order Monday noticed thus: “The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh had gone in public making an announcement on 18.09.2024 that ghee containing animal fats was getting used to make prasadam laddus at Tirupati Tirumala below earlier regime.”
“Nonetheless, some press experiences additionally present that the manager officer of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Belief (for brief ‘TTD’) had made an announcement on the contrary that adulterated ghee was by no means used.”
Saying so, the courtroom noticed that “prima facie, it was not applicable on the a part of a excessive constitutional functionary to go in public to make an announcement which might have an effect on the sentiment of crores of individuals and when investigation to seek out out [whether] adulterated ghee was used to make laddus was underway.”
An FIR over the ghee adulteration was registered primarily based on a grievance by the TTD’s basic supervisor (procurement) at Tirupati police station on 25 September, per week after Naidu’s stunning claims.
The state authorities issued orders appointing an SIT the very subsequent day (26 September) to probe the matter. The nine-member workforce, consisting of three IPS officers, was headed by IG-level officer Sarvashresth Tripathi. The YSRCP expressed its “no-trust within the Naidu chosen SIT”.
The workforce set to work, inspecting numerous places at Tirumala for 2 days, making an attempt to know procurement and sampling processes, and the way laddu ghee adulteration may have occurred.
Nonetheless, DGP Tirumala Rao advised reporters Tuesday that the SIT had briefly stalled its probe because the matter is sub judice earlier than the Supreme Courtroom.
Following the SC’s order Friday, the AP-formed SIT will probably be substituted with two officers from the CBI, to be nominated by the CBI director, two officers from the Andhra Pradesh Police, to be nominated by the state authorities, and one senior officer from the FSSAI, to be nominated by the FSSAI chairperson,.
The SIT is to work below the supervision of the CBI director.
The courtroom, whereas disposing off the petitions, mentioned, “We’re passing order concerning entrustment of the matter to an impartial company consisting of the aforesaid members solely to assuage the sentiments of crores of individuals/devotees having religion within the deity.”
(Edited by Rohan Manoj)
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