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The State authorities has pledged decisive enactment pursuing revelations that adulterated ghee was utilized successful Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams prasadam, describing the occurrence arsenic a sedate breach of nationalist spot and temple sanctity.
Addressing a property league astatine the Secretariat connected Tuesday, Finance Minister Pyyavula Keshav said the authorities was treating the contented with utmost seriousness. “Protecting the sanctity of TTD is our foremost duty. The faith, devotion and purity of devotees indispensable stay intact,” helium said. He announced that a short-term administrative committee has been constituted to analyse the Special Investigation Team study submitted nether CBI supervision, and that a elaborate study volition beryllium placed earlier the authorities wrong a stipulated timeframe.
Explaining the Cabinet’s deliberations, Mr. Keshav said the SIT study pointed to superior irregularities successful the TTD procurement process since 2019. These included dilution of tender norms, submission of mendacious documents and large lapses successful prime control. Laboratory tests conducted by NDDB CALF detected imaginable adulterants specified arsenic soybean, sunflower, rapeseed, cottonseed, food lipid and lard. The study besides noted deliberate lowering of eligibility criteria and the information of unqualified suppliers, resulting successful the proviso of substandard ghee. Former Executive Officers A. V. Dharma Reddy and Anil Kumar Simhal, and erstwhile F&CAO O. Balaji, were identified arsenic accountable for the lapses. The Cabinet resolved to initiate stringent ineligible and administrative enactment against those responsible, fortify prime power systems and instrumentality organization reforms to forestall recurrence.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Satyakumar Yadav criticised erstwhile administrations for ignoring warnings from the Central Food Technology Research Institute and relaxing tender conditions, which helium said enabled the usage of harmful substances successful ghee production. Ghee was produced without existent milk, undermining the religion of devotees and the ineffable traditions of the temple, helium said, describing the occurrence arsenic portion of a ₹250 crore scam that damaged the shrine’s reputation.
Information and Public Relations Minister Kolusu Parthasarathi said the government’s precedence remained the extortion of devotees’ religion and the sanctity of TTD. Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar said the contented would not beryllium politicised and that each corrective steps would beryllium taken successful a transparent manner. Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan and different Ministers besides stressed the request for swift accountability and systemic reforms.
The Cabinet unanimously adopted a zero-tolerance attack to malpractice, committing itself to strict action, organization reforms and transparent connection with the public. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu reiterated that safeguarding the religion of millions of devotees and preserving the sacredness of Tirumala was the government’s highest priority.
