Ex-BJP MP terms Ram temple funds row ‘serious’; insult to Sanatana Dharma: Akhilesh Yadav

A day after the Uttar Pradesh government formed a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe alleged irregularities in the donations received by the Ram Temple Trust, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Vinay Katiyar termed the matter “very serious” and said some members involved in running the trust were “thieves”. Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav called the episode an “insult to Sanatana Dharma”. “The investigation is on and it is a serious matter. People have sacrificed for the temple. People like us, Kalyan Singh sacrificed the government, people went to jail, afterwards the temple issue progressed. Some present there are thieves, we will remove them. Either they will run away or we will throw them out,” said Mr.

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