Congress alleges scam in Ayodhya temple land purchase

The Congress on Monday sought a Supreme Court-monitored probe into allegations of irregularity in the purchase of land at Ayodhya by the Ram temple belief.

Addressing a digital press convention, Congress normal secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala referred to as the land purchase a “big scam” that used funds collected from devotees and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reply whether or not these behind the land offers had his safety.

“The Chief Justice and the Supreme Court must take cognisance of the matter and order a court-monitored probe into the charges,” Mr. Surjewala mentioned. The high court docket also needs to get an audit achieved for all of the donations and funds acquired and spent by the belief for the development of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, he mentioned.

Since the belief was arrange on the instructions of the Supreme Court, the court docket also needs to perform a probe on the evaluation worth of all land bought by the belief from donations and make it public in the traditions of idealism of Lord Ram, Mr. Surjewala mentioned.

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He, nonetheless, clarified that the development work on the proposed Ram temple was occurring in full swing and the Congress didn’t need the work to be stopped.

“Shri Ram himself is justice, truth and religion/righteousness. Cheating in his name is unrighteousness,” tweeted former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in Hindi with the hash tag #RamMandir scam.

‘Inflated price’

Mr. Surjewala alleged that the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust had bought “12,080 square metres of land” at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh at an inflated worth of ₹18.5 crore.

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On March 18, he claimed, the mentioned land was bought by the temple’s belief at ₹18.5 crore from Ravi Tiwari and Sultan Ansari however information of land deeds confirmed that the identical plot was bought to them by Kusum Pathak for ₹2 crore. And that too on the identical day and barely 5 minutes earlier than the transaction with the temple belief passed off.

The Congress spokesperson claimed that belief members and BJP chief Anil Mishra, and Hrishikesh Upadhyay, a former Mayor of Ayodhya, had been signatories to the ₹18.5-crore land deal as per the land deeds. He asserted that the information pointed to a “big scam” in funds collected from devotees and this amounted to committing an enormous sin and wrongdoing.

“Will the Prime Minister answer if those sinners, who have traded the faith of Lord Ram’s devotees, have his protection,” he requested.

“How could BJP leaders commit such a big malpractice in the name of Lord Ram whose words, values and ethical conduct are sworn as ideals. How much more land has been purchased in such a manner at throwaway rates out of funds received for the temple’s construction,” requested Mr. Surjewala.