Monday, 14 June 2021 | Prabha Shankar | Lucknow
AAP, SP charge Ayodhya trust of multi-crore shady purchase deals
In a serious allegation that raised the political temperature in Uttar Pradesh, AAP and Samajwadi Party leaders, in different Press conferences, leveled a sensational charge of financial irregularities in land purchase by the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust, which was set up by the Centre for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh held a Press conference in Lucknow while former SP MLA and former Minister Pawan Pandey addressed reporters in Ayodhya. Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai said that they will study the charges of land purchase anomalies and will then reply to the allegations,
In a brief statement here on Sunday Rai said: “People had charged us with the killing of Mahatma Gandhi hence we are not afraid of such allegations. We will reply at the appropriate time after examining the entire matter.”
Singh said a multi-crore scam was committed by the trust and its associates through embezzlement of funds with the cost of the land increasing by Rs 5.5 lakh per second in a gap of five minutes between two different purchase deeds for the land.
He urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set up a high-level inquiry into the alleged land scam by the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust members for purchasing land in Ayodhya.
Presenting documents, Singh said the scam amounted to Rs 16.50 crore and the illegal act came as a big onslaught on the faith of the millions of Ram bhakts who had given donations for the construction of the grand Ram temple at Ayodhya.
