₹5,000 cr. misused in Ayodhya’s Ram temple, says Mallikarjun Kharge

Alleging that ₹5,000 crore had been misused successful the operation of the Sri Ram Mandir successful Ayodhya, All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun M. Kharge connected Sunday claimed that the temple had been built to loot wealth and sought an probe to uncover those progressive successful the alleged scam.

“The temple has been constructed to loot money. Nobody gave immoderate relationship of the wealth collected aft (L.K.) Advani’s Rath Yatra. Now, aft the operation of the temple, ₹5,000 crore has been misused. There are reports suggesting that the poojary (priest) has swindled wealth successful the sanction of Lord Rama,” Mr. Kharge said during the installation ceremonial of caller Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president B.K. Hariprasad present connected Sunday.

“I person seen respective temples being consecrated by spiritual leaders. However, helium (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) installed the idol, inaugurated the temple and adjacent chopped the ribbon. Money is being looted from the temple. An probe indispensable beryllium conducted to find retired whether the wealth is being looted by his followers oregon by idiosyncratic else,” Mr. Kharge said.

Referring to the enquiry announced by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, helium asked: “Why bash you request 15 days to bash so? When God, Mr. Modi and the temple are with you, enactment those looting wealth successful the sanction of Rama down bars.”

The Congress president said that portion radical voted connected the ground of religion and faith, looting was taking spot successful the sanction of dharma. “The rights of radical and students are being trampled upon and the mediocre are being inconvenienced. They privation wealth from the Ram Mandir, yet are fleecing the mediocre by taxing petrol and diesel. Because your (the NDA government’s) medication is not functioning properly, you are conducting the NEET introspection for the 2nd time. The BJP and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan person betrayed lakhs of students,” helium said.

Students’ assembly polls from this year

The pupil assemblage elections successful acquisition institutions, which were discontinued successful Karnataka successful the precocious 1980s, volition beryllium reintroduced from this world year, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said connected Sunday. Speaking astatine the installation ceremonial of B.K. Hariprasad arsenic Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, Mr. Shivakumar said determination was a request to nurture enactment from the panchayat level to Parliament. He added that the authorities would instrumentality a determination connected the contented shortly.

Kharge asks CM, KPCC main to enactment together

As the State authorities witnessed a modulation successful leadership, with D.K. Shivakumar precocious taking implicit the reins from Siddaramaiah, Congress president Mallikarjun M. Kharge connected Sunday urged Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and recently appointed KPCC president B.K. Hariprasad to enactment together. “Whatever differences that whitethorn harvest up should beryllium sorted retired without going to the media, arsenic it volition impact the enactment and its workers,” Mr. Kharge said.

Boards, corporations acceptable for recast

Appointment of enactment workers to boards and corporations came to the fore during the installation of B.K. Hariprasad arsenic KPCC president. Offering proposal to D.K. Shivakumar and B.K. Hariprasad, Congress president Mallikarjun M. Kharge said: “Identify genuine Congress workers and name them arsenic chairpersons of boards and corporations. They volition basal with you successful the BBMP, taluk panchayat and zilla panchayat elections.” Referring to the completion of fractional the government’s term, Mr. Hariprasad urged the Chief Minister to reconstitute the boards and corporations. “I impulse you to recast the boards and corporations. Set up a caller team, arsenic it has been 2 and a fractional years,” helium said.