“This Tirupati incident further strengthens the belief of VHP that government control over temples leads to the entry of politics. Due to the appointment of non-Hindu officers there, such impurities are deliberately added to the prasad,” Mr. Lal Bagra added.

The VHP secretary-general demanded a thorough probe into the Tirupati laddu case and legal action against those involved in it. VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal also demanded that the Tirupati temple and all other temples be freed from government control across the country.

HYDERABAD: Amid the row over adulteration in the ghee used for preparing prasad at Tirumala Tirupati shrine in Andhra Pradesh, BJP leader Kompella Madhavi Latha said that devotees come to worship at Tirupati from far away and their 'aastha' (faith) has become impure after the disclosure.