In a surprising turn of events, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) has responded to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's allegations regarding the use of animal fat in Tirupati laddus during the YSR Congress regime. 

The Tirupati Laddu prasadam, offered at the famous Sri Venkateswara temple, is managed by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). KMF clarified that the TTD board had not purchased ghee from them in the last four years. They stated that they only began supplying ghee for the laddus after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) came to power.

A row erupted after Naidu claimed that substandard ingredients and animal fat were used in making Tirupati laddu, a consecrated sweet, during the previous YSRCP government. However, the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRC Party denied the charges.

"Even Tirumala laddu was made with substandard ingredients... they used animal fat instead of ghee," claimed Naidu, while addressing an NDA legislature party meeting in Amaravati on Wednesday.

The chief minister asserted that pure ghee was now being used, and everything had been sanitised at the temple, leading to improved quality.
However, senior YSRCP leader and former TTD chairman Y V Subba Reddy termed Naidu's allegation as "malicious" and said the TDP supremo would "stoop to any level for political gains."