Laddu row: ghee priced at ₹360 per kg is adulterated, says Lokesh

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HRD Minister Nara Lokesh denies immoderate  nexus  betwixt  Indapur Dairy and Heritage.

HRD Minister Nara Lokesh denies immoderate nexus betwixt Indapur Dairy and Heritage. | Photo Credit: File Photo

Asserting that axenic ghee cannot beryllium procured astatine a debased terms of ₹360 per kg, Andhra Pradesh IT and HDR Minister Nara Lokesh has said immoderate specified merchandise disposable astatine that terms would beryllium adulterated, challenging the absorption parties to beryllium their claims implicit the pricing of ghee being procured by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).

During an informal enactment with journalists successful the Assembly lobbies connected the sidelines of the fund treatment connected Monday, Mr. Lokesh said the prevailing marketplace terms of ghee is much than ₹1,000 per kg. “Show maine wherever ghee is disposable astatine ₹360 per kg. If it is being sold astatine that price, it is adulterated,” helium remarked, dismissing the allegations raised by the YSRCP.

Denying immoderate nexus betwixt Indapur Dairy and Heritage, Mr. Lokesh clarified that Indapur Dairy was lone a co-packer and not a subsidiary.

Referring to comments made by YSRCP person Botcha Satyanarayana, Mr. Lokesh questioned whether specified a elder person was unaware of the meaning of the word ‘co-company’.

Pointing retired that Heritage is simply a listed company, Mr. Lokesh said that though complaints had been lodged with SEBI, nary grounds had been produced to substantiate the allegations.

Turning to the enactment affairs, Mr. Lokesh said determination was implicit coordination betwixt inferior and elder leaders. He stressed that each leader, including himself, indispensable unafraid a bulk successful their respective booths to fortify the organisation structurally.

He criticised the YSRCP members for stalling the Legislative Council for 4 days and aboriginal demanding a treatment connected the State Budget, asking whether they were unaware of the consequences of their actions.

Referring to his caller meetings with the enactment workers and their families, Mr. Lokesh said the interactions were non-political and aimed astatine reconnecting aft a two-year spread since the Yuva Galam programme.

Published - February 23, 2026 07:13 p.m. IST

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