Speaking to mediapersons here, TDP spokesman Ummareddi Venkateswarlu, Home Minister A Madhva Reddy and Transport Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao alleged that the Congress was trying to gain political mileage out of the issue by fabricating false evidence.

Without going into the details of whether or not the meat of endangered species was served at the dinner, the TDP leaders said that all facts would come out in the official enquiry ordered by the Chief Minister.

Though there has been a raging controversy over the issue for the last ten days, the TDP maintained studied silence on the plea that it would wait for the enquiry report.

However, the TDP leaders confined themselves to explaining that the dinner hadnothing to do with the government or the party, but a private function. ``After the dignitaries attended official programmes earlier in the day, some local farmers invited them for a dinner in the night,'' Venkateswarlu said.

He also stated that the dinner was not organised in connection with the completion of three years in office by Nageswara Rao.

Denouncing the kidnapping of a journalist by some Congress leaders to fabricate false evidence against guests who attended the dinner, the Home Minister said that the police had registered a case in this regard. ``The kidnap reflects the bankruptcy of Congress leaders,'' he said.

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh chief conservator of forests (wildlife) T Ramakrishna, who was supposed to submit a report on Friday on the controversial venison dinner in Khammam district last month attended by Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi and four State ministers, has sought two weeks' time to complete his probe.

The senior forest official had been asked to enquire into thematter by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, after a preliminary report by the local forest officer found that the meat of endangered animal species was served at the dinner on October 13.

Ramakrishna, who visited Marlakunta village where the dinner was organised and examined about 80 witnesses, is understood to have come to the conclusion that the statements of some more persons including the VIPs involved in the row were to be recorded.

Sources in the forest department indicated that the officer was likely to record the statements of Balayogi and other ministers besides visiting a few more villages in Khammam district this week. ``Otherwise, the enquiry would be incomplete,'' a senior official said.

Acknowledging the request from the forest department, officials in the Chief Minister's Office indicated that that some more time would be given to the enquiry officer. However, the extension of time may not be more than a week, an official explained.

This is in view of the ensuing winter session ofAssembly as well as a pending public interest litigation in the AP High Court. Moreover, the Union Environment Ministry too has asked the State government to submit a report on the dinner row.

Principal chief conservator of forests SD Mukherji said that the report would also be made available to the Central government. He confirmed that the department had received a letter from the additional inspector general of forests of Government of India.

Apart from the probe ordered by the Chief Minister, the local divisional forest officer would continue his enquiry, Mukherji explained. Besides the two probes, a Chennai-based Central wildlife officer, Kannan, visited Khammam district to gather information about the controversy.