Vijayawada, Jan. 31 -- Former Minister Vellampalli Srinivas said on Saturday that the final CBI SIT charge-sheet did not say that animal fat was mixed in the ghee used for preparing Tirumala laddu prasadam, yet coalition leaders continue to spread the same false propaganda, deliberately hurting the sentiments of crores of Hindu devotees.

Speaking to media at the YSRCP central office, at Tadepalli, near here, he said IT Minister Nara Lokesh and other leaders are misleading the public by selectively quoting a case brief note, while deliberately ignoring the laboratory reports that are part of the same chargesheet, which categorically ruled out animal fat, pig fat, or fish oil. He said the coalition must produce evidence from the chargesheet ...