3 months ago
2
After locking horns implicit the contented of alleged usage of adulterated ghee for making the Tirumala laddu prasadam, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Chairman B.R. Naidu and his predecessor and YSRCP person Bhumana Karunakar Reddy person engaged successful a warfare of words yet again, this clip implicit proviso of ghee by Maharashtra-based Indapur Dairy.
While Mr. Karunakar Reddy was the archetypal to rise the contented of Indapur Dairy bagging the declaration to proviso ghee to the TTD each clip during the TDP regime, Mr. B.R. Naidu brushed speech the charge, pointing retired that the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) ever remained the TTD’s biggest and dependable ghee supplier, by gathering a whopping 62% of its full requirement.
Mr. Naidu released ghee procurement information pertaining to 2024-2025, erstwhile 7 reputed nationalist dairies had participated successful the 7 rounds of tenders aft the revised ghee procurement guidelines came into effect.
The KMF had bagged 4 of the 7 tenders to proviso 60 lakh kg, but reportedly expressed its quality to proviso lone 10 lakh kg retired of the 20 lakh kg successful the tender invited past October.
The KMF had supplied 50 lakh kg, accounting for 62% of the full ghee procured during 2024-2025. Indapur Dairy qualified lone successful 2 of the 7 tenders and got orders lone for 10 lakh kg, helium explained, portion rubbishing the assertion that Indapur Dairy was participating successful TTD tenders lone during the TDP’s regime.
“Indapur took portion successful ghee tender process for six times during 2019-2025 nether the YSRCP authorities also,” helium pointed out.
Meanwhile, Mr. Karunakar Reddy wondered however the TTD could state Indapur Dairy arsenic L2 (second lowest bidder) successful a tender telephone wherever the institution had not adjacent participated.
Speaking to the media, helium quoted the TTD Board solution pertaining to October 2025, wherein it was mentioned that lone KMF had participated successful the tender for proviso of 20 lakh kg of cattle ghee.
Mr. Karunakar Reddy besides flayed the contiguous committee for relaxing the clause pertaining to the geographical region of the nationalist dairies from Tirupati, from the earlier 1,500 km to 800 km.
“The proposal was made by outer experts who basal accused by the SIT successful the ghee adulteration case, but the TTD has nary occupation successful implementing their advice,” helium remarked.
