The Supreme Court on Monday grilled Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) N Chandrababu Naidu for prematurely going public with the claim that the previous regime of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu (YSR) Congress Party used substandard ghee containing animal fat to prepare laddus at Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati.
A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan said there is no conclusive proof yet to substantiate such a claim and questioned the need to make a public statement on the issue when a probe had already been ordered by the State into the allegations.
Justice Gavai also asked whether there was any material with the CM to conclude definitively that animal fat had been used to prepare laddus at the Hindu shrine in Andhra Pradesh, where Lord Venkateswara is worshipped.
“You have still not answered. There is nothing to show that ghee was used. These are processes used to justify the rejection and stop payment” The beach stated and questioned the need for Chandrababu to come out in front of the press without second layer of tests and validations.