UP govt probe into Ayodhya land scam an eyewash SC should intervene Priyanka Gandhi
New Delhi Dec 23 PTI Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday dismissed as an eyewash the probe ordered by the Uttar Pradesh government into the Ayodhya land scam and urged the Supreme Court to interveneShe said by indulging in corruption BJP leaders and officials have hurt the faith of people who donated for the construction of the Ram templeAddressing a press conference here she said the Supreme Court should take suo motu cognisance of the matter as the Ram temple in Ayodhya is being built following its orderVadra also questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the alleged corruption by temple trust members BJP leaders and officials in buying land for the temple saying they owe a moral responsibility towards the donors who gave their money out of faithBJP leaders have sold the sentiments faith and religion by indulging in loot and misuse of donations received for the Ram temple she chargedThe Ram temple trusts money is being misused to benefit the BJP RSS and trust members she alleged adding that land belonging to Dalits which is not allowed to be sold is also being usurped and illegally bought by officials and their relativesShe alleged the misuse of Rs 30 crore worth of the trusts money donated by the poor and common people She also shared the details of purported registered land deeds related to the temple in AyodhyaThe prime minister and the chief minister are trying to save those who have indulged in theft of donations for the Ram temple As per the registered land deeds there is a 1300 per cent rise in land price within five minutes The massive corruption in the trust money is very clear she allegedThere is wholesale corruption happening she saidA news report claimed that MLAs mayors relatives of the commissioner SDM and DIG bought land in Ayodhya after the Supreme Court announced the verdict in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute clearing the way for construction of the Ram templeThe state government has ordered a probe into the matterBut Vadra dismissed the probe ordered by the BJP governmentIt is clear that no real inquiry is going to take place as a district level official is probing the matter even when big people like the mayor and BJP MLAs are involved We do not expect any inquiry to take place and the inquiry should be done by the Supreme Court she saidAsked if the inquiry by district officials is merely an eyewash she said It is absolutely That is my view In my view the court should suo motu intervene as we are talking about the faith of millions including poor people who have given their savings to the trust It is some moral responsibility — owed to them It is very clear that the officer of that level cannot investigate the mayor of Ayodhya she saidVadra named the mayor of Ayodhya Rishikesh Upadhyay and his nephew besides trustee Anil Mishra and Champat Rai the secretary of the Ram temple trust in the land dealsThe moral responsibility on these donations given out of faith is of the prime minister and the chief minister You cannot hurt the faith of people she saidThe Congress leader further alleged that a piece of land bought in 2017 for Rs 2 crore was sold to the temple trust for Rs 8 crore and another piece of the same land sold within minutes of the first land deed to the trust by one Ravi Mohan Tiwari with Anil Mishra and Rishikesh Upadhyay as witnesses for a whopping Rs 185 croreShe also claimed that another man Deep Narayan Upadhyay who claims himself to be the nephew of mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay has also bought land for Rs 20 lakh and sold the same to the trust within 79 days for Rs 25 croreThis is the fastest growing piece of land I have seen she saidMentioning the October 3 Lakhimpur violence during a farmers protest in which Union minister Ajay Mishras son is the main accused she said The father of the accused is a minister and he is not sacked and no official can probe this Here too no official will probe as the mayor is a signatory to the land deed This shows the mindset of the government Whenever such a crime or corruption takes place they do not want a true and fair probe because they all know the truth and probably they are part of it too she saidIt is absolutely ridiculous so who are you trying to fool How can a government enquire about itself If the accusation is against a government how can they decide that they are going to enquire and decide who is right and who is wrong themselves she askedAsked if the Congress will move court in this regard Vadra said a decision will be taken after consultationsCongress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Vadra is already fighting the battle in the peoples court and a decision on whether to move court will be taken after discussions within the party Forgive me for saying at times the peoples court is bigger than the court of law Property dealers and BJP leaders are indulging in the loot of public money in the name of Lord Ram in Ayodhya he saidPTI SKC SRY
New Delhi Dec 23 PTI Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday dismissed as an eyewash the probe ordered by the Uttar Pradesh government into the Ayodhya land scam and urged the Supreme Court to interveneShe said by indulging in corruption BJP leaders and officials have hurt the faith of people who donated for the construction of the Ram templeAddressing a press conference here she said the Supreme Court should take suo motu cognisance of the matter as the Ram temple in Ayodhya is being built following its orderVadra also questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the alleged corruption by temple trust members BJP leaders and officials in buying land for the temple saying they owe a moral responsibility towards the donors who gave their money out of faithBJP leaders have sold the sentiments faith and religion by indulging in loot and misuse of donations received for the Ram temple she chargedThe Ram temple trusts money is being misused to benefit the BJP RSS and trust members she alleged adding that land belonging to Dalits which is not allowed to be sold is also being usurped and illegally bought by officials and their relativesShe alleged the misuse of Rs 30 crore worth of the trusts money donated by the poor and common people She also shared the details of purported registered land deeds related to the temple in AyodhyaThe prime minister and the chief minister are trying to save those who have indulged in theft of donations for the Ram temple As per the registered land deeds there is a 1300 per cent rise in land price within five minutes The massive corruption in the trust money is very clear she allegedThere is wholesale corruption happening she saidA news report claimed that MLAs mayors relatives of the commissioner SDM and DIG bought land in Ayodhya after the Supreme Court announced the verdict in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute clearing the way for construction of the Ram templeThe state government has ordered a probe into the matterBut Vadra dismissed the probe ordered by the BJP governmentIt is clear that no real inquiry is going to take place as a district level official is probing the matter even when big people like the mayor and BJP MLAs are involved We do not expect any inquiry to take place and the inquiry should be done by the Supreme Court she saidAsked if the inquiry by district officials is merely an eyewash she said It is absolutely That is my view In my view the court should suo motu intervene as we are talking about the faith of millions including poor people who have given their savings to the trust It is some moral responsibility — owed to them It is very clear that the officer of that level cannot investigate the mayor of Ayodhya she saidVadra named the mayor of Ayodhya Rishikesh Upadhyay and his nephew besides trustee Anil Mishra and Champat Rai the secretary of the Ram temple trust in the land dealsThe moral responsibility on these donations given out of faith is of the prime minister and the chief minister You cannot hurt the faith of people she saidThe Congress leader further alleged that a piece of land bought in 2017 for Rs 2 crore was sold to the temple trust for Rs 8 crore and another piece of the same land sold within minutes of the first land deed to the trust by one Ravi Mohan Tiwari with Anil Mishra and Rishikesh Upadhyay as witnesses for a whopping Rs 185 croreShe also claimed that another man Deep Narayan Upadhyay who claims himself to be the nephew of mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay has also bought land for Rs 20 lakh and sold the same to the trust within 79 days for Rs 25 croreThis is the fastest growing piece of land I have seen she saidMentioning the October 3 Lakhimpur violence during a farmers protest in which Union minister Ajay Mishras son is the main accused she said The father of the accused is a minister and he is not sacked and no official can probe this Here too no official will probe as the mayor is a signatory to the land deed This shows the mindset of the government Whenever such a crime or corruption takes place they do not want a true and fair probe because they all know the truth and probably they are part of it too she saidIt is absolutely ridiculous so who are you trying to fool How can a government enquire about itself If the accusation is against a government how can they decide that they are going to enquire and decide who is right and who is wrong themselves she askedAsked if the Congress will move court in this regard Vadra said a decision will be taken after consultationsCongress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Vadra is already fighting the battle in the peoples court and a decision on whether to move court will be taken after discussions within the party Forgive me for saying at times the peoples court is bigger than the court of law Property dealers and BJP leaders are indulging in the loot of public money in the name of Lord Ram in Ayodhya he saidPTI SKC SRY
