"Keep Gods Out Of Politics": Supreme Court On Tirupati Laddoo Row

"We expect Gods to be kept away from politics, why did the Chief Minister go to the press?" the court asked.

The Supreme Court on Monday emphasised the divide between religion and politics as it heard petitions over allegations of animal fat in ghee used to make laddoos at Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati temple.

The court took a dim view of the timing of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu releasing a lab report claiming traces of fish oil, beef tallow, and lard (pig fat) were found in the ghee.

"We expect Gods to be kept away from politics, why did the Chief Minister go to the press?" the court asked.