Tirupati Laddu Row: Andhra Dy CM Pawan Kalyan bats for Sanatana Dharma Rakshana Board

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan urged for the constitution of a 'Sanatana Dharma Rakshana Board' to look into issues related to temples across the country.

In a post on X on Friday, Pawan Kalyan assured strict action on the ongoing Laddu controversy in Tirupati and added that this matter points to many issues surrounding the "desecration of temples, its land issues and other dharmic practices."

"We are all deeply disturbed by the findings of animal fat (fish oil, pork fat and beef fat) mixed in Tirupathi Balaji Prasad. Many questions were to be answered by the TTD board constituted by the YCP government then. Our government is committed to taking the most stringent action possible. But this throws light on many issues surrounding desecration of temples, its land issues and other dharmic practices," he said in the post.

"Maybe the time has come to constitute a 'Sanatana Dharma Rakshana Board' at a national level to look into all the issues related to temples in the entire Bharath," Pawan Kalyan said.

The Deputy Chief Minister also called for a national-level debate on the matter and urged for a collective fight against the "desecration of Sanathana Dharma in any form."

"A debate has to happen at a national level by all the policymakers, religious heads, judiciary, citizens, media and all others in their respective domains. I think we all should come together to put an end to the desecration of 'Sanathana Dharma' in any form," he said.

Earlier on Thursday, Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh shared a video clip in which Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was seen saying that previously animal fat was used in consecrated sweets--'Tirupati Prasadam' instead of 'Ghee' at Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati.

(ANI)