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The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has decided to entrust the alleged lawsuit of adulteration of ghee supplied to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams to a Commission of Enquiry to place the existent masterminds down the controversy.
The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Tuesday, discussed the contented successful detail. The Cabinet examined the study submitted by the Special Investigation Team, during which respective shortcomings successful the findings were flagged. It was subsequently resolved that the Commission of Enquiry would code the gaps successful the SIT study and behaviour a broad probe into the procurement process, tender conditions and administrative lapses linked to the alleged mixing of chemic substances successful the ghee.
During the meeting, Ministers informed the Chief Minister that erstwhile TTD president Bhumana Karunakar Reddy, who was not a subordinate of the acquisition committee astatine the time, was reportedly invited arsenic a peculiar invitee, portion committee members including past Minister Kolusu Parthasarathi and Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy were not invited.
Officials besides informed the Cabinet that laddus allegedly prepared utilizing adulterated ghee were adjacent sent to Ayodhya. The Cabinet discussed changes made to tender conditions and questioned wherefore the past Executive Officer, Anil Kumar Singhal, did not rise objections contempt modifications to procurement norms. Ministers besides raised concerns that tenders were allegedly secured utilizing fake documents. It was pointed retired that a CFTRI study successful 2022 had indicated ghee adulteration, but the findings were allegedly ignored by officials astatine the time.
Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan sought clarification connected whether the relation of erstwhile TTD president Y. V. Subba Reddy was mentioned successful the SIT study and whether the complaint expanse explicitly referred to carnal fat. Officials confirmed that the complaint expanse intelligibly mentioned carnal abdominous connected leafage 35, sources said.
The Cabinet directed the Commission of Enquiry to taxable its study astatine the earliest. It besides asked the sheet to absorption connected procedural flaws successful the tender process and analyse allegations that cooperative dairies were deliberately sidelined to let bogus dairies to participate the proviso chain.
