( MENAFN - IANS) Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) The row over animal fat in the Tirupati laddu took a new turn on Friday with the YSR congress Party (YSRCP) approaching the Andhra Pradesh High Court to seek a probe into the allegations.

The Hindu reported that the lawyers of YSRCP have sought an investigation either by a sitting judge or a court-appointed committee into the allegations by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

TDP supremo and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu claimed that the previous YSRCP government did not even spare Sri Venkateswara temple and used substandard ingredients and animal fat for making laddus.

A controversy broke after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu accused the previous YSRCP government of using substandard ingredient like animal fat to make the sweets offered at the ancient Sri Venkateshwar temple at Tirumala.

The row over the Tirupati laddoos erupted after Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu alleged that animal fat was used in making the famous Tirupati laddu. He also demanded stern action against those involved in it.

Naidu alleged that the previous YSRCP government compromised the Sri Venkateswara temple by using substandard ingredients and animal fat in the Tirupati laddus.

In a shocking revelation, the latest test reports have confirmed that beef tallow, fish oil, and palm oil were used to make laddoos, distributed as religious food offerings (prasad) at the popular Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati,

The Tirupati laddu is distributed at the revered Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, which is run by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday termed as "serious issue" Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's allegation that animal fat was used in making the