"Keep Religion and Politics Separate": Supreme Court Addresses Tirupati Laddoo Controversy
"Keep Religion and Politics Separate": Supreme Court Addresses Tirupati Laddoo Controversy "Keep Religion and Politics Separate": Supreme Court Addresses Tirupati Laddoo Controversy The Supreme Court emphasized the necessity of keeping religion and politics distinct while addressing the issue of complaints regarding the quality of ghee used to make laddoos at Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati temple. It was noted that there is no confirmed evidence of ghee contamination, or if the allegedly contaminated ghee was actually used in the laddoos. The court highlighted an ongoing investigation and emphasized a "false positive" testing exception. The court criticized Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's public remarks on this controversial matter, especially since his government had already initiated a probe following a report from a Gujarat lab in July alleging the presence of fish oil, beef tallow, and pig fat in the ghee. Upon assuming the role of Chi...