Divisional joint secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Shivanand Mendan speaking at a press conference in Mangaluru on September 26. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH

By The Hindu Bureau


The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said on Thursday, September 26, that “Dharmagraha Sabhe” (a meeting) will be held at Dongarakery Venkatramana Temple in Mangaluru on September 30 to press the Andhra Pradesh government to order an investigation by the CBI into the alleged use of animal fat in making Tirupati laddus.

Addressing presspersons here Shivananda Mendon, Mangaluru Divisional Joint Secretary, VHP, said that the meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Leaders of different Hindu organisations and communities and saints will participate in the same.

The meeting will also demand stringent punishment to those responsible for using animal fat in making Tirupati laddus, he said.

Mr. Mendon said that the laddu row has hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus.

“The VHP is appealing to all Hindus to write letters to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu seeking CBI probe into the laddu row and demanding severe punishment to all those who were responsible for using animal fat in making laddus,” he said.

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