Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Launching a blistering attack on its former ally, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has termed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) efforts to project Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee as the architect of ‘Akhand Hindustan(Undivided India)’ as a “completely futile” exercise steeped in hypocrisy.In a scathing editorial published in the party’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the Thackeray camp strongly questioned the justification behind spending crores of rupees from the Central gover…
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Bengaluru, July 7 (IANS) The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) General Body meeting, held on Tuesday at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru under the chairmanship of KPCC President B.K. Hariprasad, passed five resolutions, including a demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged theft of funds and valuables from the Ram Mandir Trust and a call for a Rs 10,000 crore special package from the Centre to tackle the drought situation in Karnataka. In a resolution on the …
Ayodhya, July 4 (IANS) Amid ongoing debate over the resignation of Ram Mandir Trust General Secretary Champat Rai, the seer community in Ayodhya on Saturday came out in his support and appealed to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust not to accept his resignation. Addressing a press conference in Ayodhya, the seers expressed complete faith in Champat Rai’s integrity, honesty and commitment, asserting that the allegations levelled against him were baseless and aimed at tarnishing his pub…
Ayodhya, July 4 (IANS) As the investigation into the Ram Temple donation theft case proceeds, Ayodhya police have obtained land and bank records of the accused and are investigating whether the assets constitute “proceeds of crime”, sources said on Saturday. Police sources stated that they had requested records of land parcels belonging to the accused and their family members from the Revenue Department.The police have so far received records for approximately 20 land parcels from the department…
Bhopal, July 3 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday gave a fresh political twist to the ongoing political discourse in Madhya Pradesh by announcing a “non-political” padyatra from Ujjain’s Mahakal Temple to Ayodhya on October 2 to demand transparency in donations made for the construction of the Ram Temple. He also said he would move a court seeking accountability for his own donation to the shrine.The announcement comes at a time when the Congress has stepped up its attack on…
Bhopal, July 3 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh on Friday announced that he would move an Ayodhya district court in Uttar Pradesh over the alleged irregularities in donations collected for the construction of the Ram Temple, saying devotees have the right to know how their contributions were utilised. Veteran Congress leader Singh announced this while participating in a ‘Sadbuddhi Yajna’ and a collective fast organised by the Madhya Pradesh M…
Ayodhya, July 1 (IANS) Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Seva Samiti general secretary Achyut Shankar Shukla on Wednesday sought the Central government’s intervention in the probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds and donations from the Ram Temple.Referring to the Supreme Court direction to form the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, he said: “Accordingly, the Central government had formed the Trust. So now if the Centre itself conducts an investigation into the matter, then it would no long…
Ujjain, June 27 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Digvijaya Singh, on Saturday stepped up the party’s attack on the Ram Mandir Trust, alleging irregularities in the handling of donations and land transactions linked to the temple and demanding registration of an FIR against Trust General Secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra.Addressing a press conference in Ujjain, Singh stated that questions had arisen over the management of donations received for …
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Purnima Kothari, the sister of ‘karsevaks’ Ram Kumar Kothari and Sharad Kothari who were killed in Ayodhya firing in 1990, on Friday said that Ram Mandir trust General Secretary Champat Rai resigned due to his “moral responsibility”. She hailed Rai for his “dedication” towards the Ram Temple movement.Rai, along with Trust member Anil Mishra stepped down from their positions, days after alleged misappropriation of funds at the Ram Temple stirred a national controversy.Duri…