Tirupati Balaji temple administration clarifies over ghee procurement for laddus

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which oversees the Tirumala Venkateswara temple, has clarified that suppliers of its laddu prasad ghee had to pass both quality and cost tests before being awarded a contract. The clarification came as a political row erupted in Karnataka over the supply of Nandini brand milk by Karnataka Milk Federation.