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Oppn MPs stage protest in Parliament over Ram Temple donation scam
Opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, staged a symbolic protest in Parliament on Friday over alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple. Purnia MP Pappu…
The Story in Brief
Opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, staged a symbolic protest in Parliament on Friday over alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple. Purnia MP Pappu Yadav arrived in saffron attire, carrying a donation box. Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav said receipts were not issued to devotees and CCTV footage was allegedly deleted. The MPs also questioned why Union Home Minister Amit Shah was absent from the House.
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day amid the uproar. Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan accused the Congress of being in 'Emergency mode' and refused to admit a notice under Rule 267 to discuss the issue. Uttar Pradesh has reconstituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the allegations. Meanwhile, the Ram Temple trust appointed IIT Bombay alumnus Jagdish Aphale as its first secretary and joint signatory for financial transactions, after the embezzlement claims surfaced.
The Indian Opinion
Opposition MPs are right to demand a probe into the Ram Temple donation allegations. But turning Parliament into a street-theatre stage, with slogans and a saffron-clad MP carrying a donation box, undermines the seriousness of the charge. The real test is not who shouts loudest. It is whether the reconstituted SIT, and the trust's new joint signatory for transactions, produce an audited report of all donations and receipts. If the trust's finances are clean, the numbers will prove it. If not, no amount of protest will substitute for an FIR.
Sources (2): thehansindia.com, thehindu.com
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