Key Points
Steeped in accusations of heresy and blasphemy, bereft of evidence, and designed to incite sectarian hysteria, it is a spectacle worthy of an atavistic theocracy..
Shyamala Rao, the head of the powerful trust that manages the temple and a Naidu appointee, has stated categorically that the ghee suspected to be contaminated was never used in the making of Tirupatis fabled laddu...
The resultant reports appear to be the basis of the assertion, as Naidus son phrased it, that the Jagan administration used animal fat instead of ghee in the Tirupati Prasadam..
So uniquely challenged is our leader of the Opposition that he cannot come to the defence of Indias religious minorities without giving succour to designated pro-Khalistan terrorists who wish to annihilate them, and he cannot rise to reassure sections of its religious majority without sanctifying a campaign of bigotry against one of the countrys most popular politicians because he happens to be a practising Christian..
During his first term as bifurcated Andhras inaugural chief minister, from 2014 to 2019, one of Naidus closest and wisest advisors had urged him to invite Jagan, who was still finding his feet, for a forthright talk: Look here, your father and I were friends before we were political rivals..
