Commenting on the alleged rip-off in buy of land in Ayodhya by the Ram temple belief, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday mentioned ‘betrayal in Lord Ram’s title is unrighteous’.
“Shri Ram himself is justice, truth, faith. Betrayal in his name is unrighteous,” he mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
Opposition events, together with Congress, SP and the Aam Aadmi Party, have alleged that the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust had bought a plot value Rs 2 crore in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh at an inflated value of Rs 18.5 crore.
Earlier at this time, Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi additionally mentioned that the misuse of donations by devotees is an insult to their religion.
“Crores of people made their offerings at the feet of God out of their faith and devotion. Misuse of those donations is unrighteous and is a sin and an insult to their faith,” she mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
The allegation that the land value Rs 2 crore was introduced at an inflated value was made by AAP’s Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh and a former minister within the Samajwadi Party authorities, Pawan Pandey, on Sunday.
“The piece of land in Ayodhya is registered with number 243, 244 and 246. Its value is Rs 5.80 crore. It was purchased from Kusum Pathak and Harish Pathak by Sultan Ansari and Ravi Mohan Tiwari for Rs 2 crore. The purchase had two witnesses — Anil Mishra, a member of the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust, and Rishikesh Upadhyay, who is the Mayor of Ayodhya. It was purchased at 7.10 pm. In the next five minutes, the same land was bought by Ram Janmabhoomi Trust and Champat Rai for Rs 18.5 crore from Ansari and Tiwari. Rs 17 crore was transferred through RTGS,” Sanjay Singh, AAP’s in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, had mentioned throughout a press convention in Lucknow.
However, the Trust strongly contested the allegations, saying that each one sale and buy is finished by correct communication and settlement, and signatures are taken on settlement papers.
“All the court fees and stamp paper purchase is done online and the amount is transferred into the bank account of the seller through online transaction,” a press release, signed by Champat Rai, normal secretary of the Trust, mentioned.
Responding to allegations, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma mentioned that an official reply might be given by the Trust.
Hitting again on the Opposition, he mentioned, “The official answer will be given by the Trust. I would say in one line that there are some people in the opposition who do not like anything positive in context of the Ram Janmabhoomi,” Sharma was quoted as saying by PTI.
“Sometimes they say Lord Ram was fictional, and that the Ram Setu did not exist …They do not hesitate in leaving any opportunity to defame the Ram Janmabhoomi,” he added.
He additionally mentioned when all of the obstructions to the development of the Ram temple in Ayodhya have been cleared, the opposition began an “anargal pralaap” (nonsensical hue and cry) to derail it.
(Inputs from PTI)
