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Uttar PradeshCongress leaders connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) demanded a time-bound probe by a sitting justice of a High Court into donations missing from the Ram Mandir trust, alleging “organised plunder’ of hundreds of crores of rupees by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The nation’s religion had been betrayed by the BJP-RSS, and sold successful the sanction of religion, the Opposition enactment said.
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U.P. Congress main Ajay Rai, said the probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the substance was “a farce”. “The accusation that is coming retired regarding the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi shows that determination has been organised loot, successful which large radical are involved, and this is being said by a erstwhile BJP MP himself. Gopal Rao, a subordinate of the trust, has already been controversial. Champat Rai Bansal absconded with each the wealth. People with backgrounds successful the RSS, including Anil Mishra, were fixed positions successful the trust. Now the authorities has formed an SIT successful this substance and has accepted that a immense irregularity has taken place,” Mr. Rai said.
“Earlier, the BJP-RSS radical collected a batch of wealth successful the sanction of ‘Shila Pujan’ astatine Shri Ram Janmabhoomi, of which determination is nary account. This represents a theft of hundreds of crores of rupees. The BJP-RSS person stolen people’s religion and offerings to God. The BJP-RSS person committed organised plunder astatine Shri Ram Janmabhoomi. It is unfortunate that the work of probe successful the SIT has been fixed to an serviceman who himself is facing an probe into the stampede astatine the Mahakumbh [January 2025]. In specified a situation, it’s wide that the BJP is conscionable going done the formalities [of a probe]. We demand a time-bound probe by a sitting justice of the High Court connected the contented of this organised loot,” Mr. Rai said successful New Delhi.
The BJP government, some astatine the Centre and the State, is liable for the corruption successful the temple, arsenic each appointed individuals astatine the spot are intimately linked with the ruling dispensation, Mr. Rai told The Hindu. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is liable for this corruption successful the Ram Mandir. All the members of the spot person heavy links with the BJP government. Retired officers person served nether the Prime Minister, RSS radical assertion to usher the BJP government, with the Chief Minister and different functionaries regularly gathering them, hence the authorities is arsenic liable for the corruption. This SIT enquiry is simply a farce,” Mr. Rai said.
In a related development, Santosh Dubey, who claims to person been an activistic successful the agitation for the Ram Mandir, has submitted a written ailment astatine the Ram Janmabhoomi Police Station successful Ayodhya to registry a lawsuit against the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra spot caput Champat Rai and 3 others, namely, Anil Mishra, Gopal Rao, and Tinu, accusing them of embezzling donations to the temple. Mr. Dubey, who heads the Hindu Dharma Sena, submitted a written ailment to the constabulary regarding the alleged theft of funds donated to the temple.
He handed implicit the ailment to the Station House Officer of the Ram Janmabhoomi constabulary station. Speaking to section mediapersons, Mr. Dubey said individuals had looted wealth deposited for the temple.
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav alleged rising corruption successful the State. “In a State wherever IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) were expected to beryllium developed for jobs, SITs are being formed instead. So overmuch corruption is happening. Officials volition analyse our saints, priests, and temple attendants. But who volition analyse these officials?...I adjacent asked, wherefore haven’t the salaries of those serving determination (the Ram Mandir) been increased? If they were paid lakhs a month, possibly they wouldn’t person to deliberation successful this direction,” the SP president said.
