SP, AAP demand probe into land deal by Ram Mandir Trust
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They allege land was bought, registered and bought once more inside 5-10 minutes for an inflated value
The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday accused the belief set as much as construct a Ram Mandir in Ayodhya of economic corruption price crores of rupees within the buy of a chunk of land for the temple challenge.
They demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate. Trust common secretary Champat Rai mentioned they might “study the matter” as he brushed apart the allegations.
Holding separate press conferences, former SP MLA from Ayodhya Pawan Pandey and AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged that the land, valued at ₹5.8 crore had been bought and registered by two native businessmen for ₹2 crore on March 18 at round 7.10 p.m., however inside 5-10 minutes of that, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra bought the land for an appreciated fee of ₹18.5 crore.
The two leaders additional alleged that each the land agreements, which befell barely 5-10 minutes aside of one another, had widespread witnesses — Ayodhya Mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay and belief member Anil Mishra.
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Mr. Singh mentioned that the land had been bought by two businessmen, Sultan Ansari and Ravi Mohan Tiwari, from Kusum Pathak and Harish Pathak, for ₹2 crore, which was finished by a registered settlement at 7.10 pm. Barely 5-10 minutes later, the identical land was bought by Mr. Ansari and Mr. Tiwari to the Trust for a a lot larger fee of ₹18.5 crore, Mr. Singh alleged. Out of this, ₹17 crore was paid by the RTGS mode, he additional alleged.
How might the worth of the land admire so rapidly inside 5 minutes, each Opposition leaders requested, demanding a probe.
“It is a case of money laundering and corruption,” Mr. Singh mentioned. “I feel those crores of [Ram] bhakts, who donated money in the name of a grand temple for Lord Ram would have their feelings hurt.”
Mr. Pandey accused the Trust of dishonest Ram bhakts. “This was a loot in the name of land,” he mentioned in Ayodhya, asking the Trust to clarify the offers.
Champat Rai, common secretary of the Trust, mentioned he wouldn’t touch upon the allegations. “We will study it,” he informed reporters in Ayodhya. Mr. Rai additionally mentioned that allegations weren’t new for him and his organisation. “We have faced allegations for a century, including that of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. We don’t worry over allegations,” he mentioned.
Ayodhya Mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay didn’t reply to cellphone calls.
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