A day after the TTD initiated legal action against the firm, the employee refuted the allegation that fish oil was used to prepare ghee.

The laddu row began with Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu slamming the previous YSRCP regime for the alleged use of substandard ingredients and animal fats in the Tirupati laddu.

CM Chandrababu Naidu said he will consult religious experts for guidance on further action while Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan announced an 11-day penance to atone for the alleged desecration.

On Tirupati Laddu Prasadam row, Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan says, "...The quality of prasad is always quite superior and if you get even a small byte, it is like a mahaprasad to everybody. It was done with great reverence.

The chief minister said after consultation, the government will take its decision with respect to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, the official custodian of world-renowned Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirupati.

The announcement from TDP leader N. Chandrababu Naidu came after he claimed that during the previous government, led by his rival YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, 'laddus' containing 'animal fat' were given as 'prasadam' at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati.

AR Dairy, a Tamil Nadu-based supplier of ghee to the renowned Tirumala Tirupati temple, has strongly denied allegations of animal fat

In the midst of a controversy over the usage of animal fat in Tirupati laddoo production, Indian dairy company Amul issued a statement clarifying that it never gave ghee (clarified butter) to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD).

In a recent statement Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, claimed that there was animal fat being used in making the laddus served as Prasadam at the temple. While there has been no lab report confirming this despite widespread media coverage and claims,